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‘Outsourcing the management of social protections to the private sector’: Why SMEs are weighing up the cost of new employee benefits

As 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 warn

Health 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 strategies

There appears to be little public enthusiasm for the Commission on Pensions’ strategies to defuse the ticking pensions timebomb

Government may link social welfare and state pensions to a cost of living indicator

Indexation, which is currently ‘under active consideration’, would involve the benchmarking of core welfare and state pension rates to a cost of living indicator, such as the Consumer Price Index

Ian Guider: Kicking the pensions can down the road won’t pay off

The short-term strategy of either avoiding or opposing changes to the pension age will leave citizens and the economy short of hundreds of billions of euro

Group of retired state employees due for bumper pension increase due to high inflation

Some 500 retirees are in line for a 5.5% pension hike

Brian Keegan: the government should continue the Covid-19 habit of trusting experts when it comes to the retirement age debate

There is no evidence to support the status quo, so why are politicians still waiting to make a decision?

Auto-enrolment pension scheme set for end of 2023

Every worker on a salary of over €20,000 will be automatically ‘opted-in’ to the pension scheme, the rollout of which was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Senior public servants’ pension top-ups could be snipped by expenditure minister

‘Uniquely Irish’ benefit of up to ten years of free pension service for those who join later in their career is under review

A fairer and more resilient pension system benefits us all

The Pension Commission’s establishment and recent report offer hope that we are on the road to creating a pension scheme fit for the future

Ian Guider: Pension crunch is coming as the state struggles to pay the bills

The government needs to find new sources of cash, and the generous tax treatment of high earners with lucrative pensions might be one area to reconsider

This Working Life: A clear retirement policy is key to making the process easier for all

The delayed Pensions Commission report is due to be published after the summer, but employers should carefully consider their own roadmap

Ticking timebomb: Can the Pensions Commission find the solutions to a problem the government may not want to solve?

How can we pay for the state pension, with a changing demographic making this more and more difficult? And should the pension itself be reduced, or raised? The Pension Committee’s conclusions on such explosive issues have now been pushed back to September

ESRI moots extending PRSI to pensioners

Move suggested as number of pensioners increases to 150,000 and annual state pension bill rises to €8bn

How to manage: Legal changes bring major reform to pension schemes

Employers and pension trustees in Ireland will need to adapt to the new rules or face the risk of non-compliance

Now is the time to start planning for the golden years

If we want to enjoy our 20 years in retirement to the full, we need to work out a clear strategy to build an adequate pension

Campaigners call for pension for victims of the Troubles in the Republic

Wave Trauma Centre wants support for those living south of the border who were injured as victims’ payment scheme is introduced in Northern Ireland

800k private pensioners face 42% hike in supervision fees under government proposal

Private pensions regulator has applied for its annual fee income to rise from €7m to €10m next year