David Richards reviews Fleet Maritime Services v the Pensions Regulator, on the applicability of automatic pensions enrolment for peripatetic employees

26th April 2016

This case presents an interesting review by Leggatt J of the applicability of automatic enrolment provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 and the role of the Pensions Regulator in enforcing them against peripatetic employees, most notably seafarers living in the UK but working on vessels that spend little time in UK territorial waters. It has relevance to employment law but also regulatory and criminal practice.