Businesses urged to act on pay-gap reporting or face threat of penalties and litigation
New European Union rules to become law in June, but many firms yet to prepare organisations for change
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More than 7,000 An Post pensioners to get 7% hike
Deal follows review of scheme conducted by Mercer covering the three years to the end of 2024
AI’s inbuilt biases threaten to undermine women in the workplace
For many companies, the short-term promise of productivity seems to be overcoming the hard reality of long-term bias and exclusion
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
Looming launch of auto-enrolment pensions means no honeymoon for incoming minister
Companies have just nine months to prepare for mandatory workplace pension contributions from around 800,000 workers
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Pensions: Uncertain times ahead of retiring workers
Auto-enrolment is widely expected to boost the retirement income of most people
Ireland’s pension score slides to 10-year low in global index
Mercer report expects auto-enrolment to address long-standing concerns about sustainability of pension regime
High cost of rents pushes Dublin into top 50 most expensive cities for expatriate employees
Cost of rental accommodation largely to blame for move up the rankings, says Mercer
Progress might be slow but the gender pay gap is shrinking
It is clear that significant change has occurred at country level when we look at the broad sweep of the past two decades
Irish workers’ sketchy knowledge about pensions could cost them dearly
Pensions in Ireland: Reluctance to accept risk and failure to realise how long your fund needs to last make planning for retirement unnecessarily difficult
Ireland’s pension system ranks 13th on global index
Irish pension system receives overall B grade as index value increases from 70.0 to 70.2
Pay transparency laws stir worker discontent
Companies face ‘upset’ employees who are learning what new recruits will earn
Rising interest rates generate €1bn surplus for Iseq defined benefit pension schemes
Increase in bond yields reduces value of pension scheme liabilities, more than offsetting the fall in pension scheme assets
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