AE exemption for 9,000 dual status workers

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About 9,000 workers who are subject to labour laws in both the UK and another European country are to be exempted from the auto-enrolment process.

The Department for Work and Pensions estimated this would cost this group of workers a total of £10m a year in lost employer contributions and tax relief and save these employers approximately £7.4m annually. In its response to a consultation on the issue the department said 16 out 19 respondents backed the exemption as a welcome deregulatory measure. Five responses noted the exemption could disadvantage firms that selected a personal pension scheme to meet their obligations as it only covered occupational pensions and four advocated extending it to cover workers from outside of the E...

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