This Working Life This working life: Time out of work means money out of your pension Job sharing, unpaid parental leave and reduced hours may be attractive ways to improve work-life balance, but they must be considered when planning for retirement
Finance Delays to new pension system costing private sector workers thousandsThe timeline for the auto-enrolment scheme has been repeatedly pushed back
Politics Varadkar: PRSI will need to rise to keep state pension at 66The government is working on new PRSI roadmap which will detail how much workers will have to pay to keep the pension age at 66 for the next ten years
This Working Life Businesses need to note the changes in pensions landscapeOf all the changes that have recently come into play including auto enrolment and flexible retirement age, the IORP II reforms are undoubtedly the most pressing
This Working Life Back to the future: strategies to boost staff pension buy-inWith cost of living pressures uppermost in everyone’s minds this year, it’s hard to encourage employees to invest in their pensions. Here are five ways to ensure your people don’t get left behind
Pensions Mercer: Failure to raise Irish pension age to 68 sparks worry over sustainabilityThe government recently announced the age will remain at 66
Investing Pensions Authority to review fund rules after British debacleThe regulator says the recent panic in Britain has left Irish pension funds ‘unscathed’, but he will nonetheless ‘be looking at what lessons could be learned’
Pensions Thousands of workers face lower state pensions after reformsMinister says new 40-year total PRSI contributions regulation will save the national coffers €43 billion by 2070
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Pensions ‘PRSI increases for keeping pension age at 66’ - HumphreysCabinet rejects recommendation of independent commission to raise state pension age to 67 by 2031 and to 68 by 2039
Pensions Nearly 40% have no pension in place as cabinet approves plan to keep retirement at 66Survey finds broad lack of pension preparedness ahead of new government plan to increase state pensions for those who work to 70
This Working Life This Working Life: Preparation is key to living your best life after workIt’s never been a more timely moment to begin broadening the conversations we have about what retirement planning is
Public Sector Pension rises on way for 190,000 retired public sector workersThe move, a 6.5% increase, will benefit retired nurses, gardaí, teachers, civil servants and council staff as the cost of living crisis bites
Pensions Ifac: Workers may have to pay average of €2,150 more in taxes to preserve pension age Keeping the state pension age at 66 years will have a big impact on future workers, according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, who say the typical earner will have to pay an annual PRSI increase of €1,800 and a tax increase of €350
This Working Life Decision time for employers on pension scheme solutionMany businesses have still not made important decisions on the future operation of their pension schemes even as the January deadline for compliance with the IORP ll deadline looms
‘Outsourcing the management of social protections to the private sector’: Why SMEs are weighing up the cost of new employee benefitsAs large firms introduce better employee benefits and the state continues to legislate for increased rights for workers, can SMEs cope with the cost of meeting these new standards?
Pensions expert calls for auto-enrolment age and income cut-off to be lowered Ray McKenna, partner at pension specialist Lockton, said current thresholds meant women in particular would miss out on help to save adequate retirement income
Taxpayers face €13bn black hole by 2030, officials warnHealth and pension costs created by an increasingly ageing population would add an additional €7 billion to the country’s spending bill each year by 2030
Workers can check out, but never leave: Can the government’s controversial plan defuse the pensions timebomb? The state’s new scheme for the 750,000 private sector workers who do not have a private pension aims to generate a pension pot of €21 billion within a decade. But opinion is already divided over whether it will work
Poll shows lack of support for pension rescue strategiesThere appears to be little public enthusiasm for the Commission on Pensions’ strategies to defuse the ticking pensions timebomb
