What is the auto-enrolment pension scheme and what does it mean for you?
Everything you need to know if you are one of the 100,000 people choosing between My Future Fund and your employer’s scheme
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Department of Finance to issue auto-enrolment instructions in early December
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New scheme subject to several delays over the years, but is now set to take effect in January
Irish group Kota unveils new platform to assist employers with auto-enrolment
System enables enables HR and finance teams to rapidly set up compliant occupational pension
One in four businesses not ready for new pension regime
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Start of mandatory pension scheme fast approaching, but one in four companies yet to prepare for it
All businesses are required to have pension systems in place for eligible staff by the start of 2026
Businesses support auto-enrolment, department says
Launch date of January 1st will not be put back again, Oireachtas hears, while business costs said to dissipate over time
Selling pensions in the summer sun
Government finally launches information campaign on how auto-enrolment will work as target audience is tuned out and on holiday
Auto-enrolment needs to be more user-friendly for bosses and workers, recruitment firm says
Excel calls for three-month hiatus on enrolling seasonal and temporary staff in new mandatory workplace pensions scheme
Will starting a pension now exclude daughter from availing of auto-enrolment?
State’s mandatory workplace pension scheme has been plagued by delays; meanwhile, everyone is moving closer to retirement
Kota raises $14.5m in funding to grow business
Company aims to simplify health and pension benefits for global businesses and employees
Costs have increased for almost 80% of small businesses in past six months, CAI survey says
Only 14 per cent of SMEs feel prepared for a further escalation of tariffs and economic tension
Irish Life, Amundi and BlackRock picked to run Ireland’s auto enrolment pot
Ireland’s auto-enrolment scheme to begin in January
Auto enrolment: employers can’t afford to wait any longer for start of pension scheme
Auto enrolment has been delayed again, but that gives SMEs time to prepare their pension plan for staff, which can be a key recruitment tool
Half of small firms not prepared for auto pension enrolment, says Irish Life
Search commences for €200,000-plus chief executive role in organisation overseeing scheme
Auto-enrolment window still tight despite three-month deferral, says Mercer
Benefits specialist urges companies to make strategic decisions early and engage with staff to ensure success of workplace pension scheme
Workers without pensions are big losers from latest auto-enrolment delay
As the start date is put back once again, companies need certainty and workers deserve some commitment
Further delay to auto-enrolment pension plan
Government to push back start date for compulsory workplace scheme to beginning of 2026
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Ictu leader says Government action plan is ‘ruse’ to justify reneging on previous commitments
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More than one in five Irish adults do not have a pension
Almost one in three people believe auto enrolment financial advice sessions should be mandatory ahead of the rollout of the scheme
Four in five workers in Ireland not aware of State’s auto-enrolment pension details
Scheme will capture up to 800,000 workers between ages of 23 and 60 and earning more than €20,000 who are not currently part of a pension plan
State officially begins search for auto-enrolment investment managers
Primary focus in delayed request for tenders is on charge for managing funds that could grow to €21bn by 2035
Pension auto-enrolment scheme: Long-awaited search for asset managers to start next week
‘My Future Fund’ scheme to apply to those between 23 and 60 who earn at least €20,000
Pension bill is finally catching up with some bosses
One in six workers does not have access to a pension in their workplace according to new data from the CSO
Fewer than three in 10 subject to auto-enrolment pension scheme are aware of it - CSO
Over half of workers who are not signed up to a pension scheme at work said employer does not offer one
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