Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary is promising to rush through legislation to stop rogue employers undermining auto-enrolment pension scheme. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins PhotosEmployers are subverting the incoming workplace pension scheme and forcing their staff to sign up to inferior in-house arrangements simply to reduce their administrative workload, the Government has said. Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary, is now looking to rush through legislation to close a perceived loophole and ensure that any occupational pension scheme offers workers at least as good a pension arrangement as the My Future Fund auto-enrolment scheme coming into force in January. Mr Reidy welcomed the determination of the Minister to preserve the integrity of the new State-run pension scheme. “New regulations will mean a token employer pension contribution will no longer satisfy the requirements of the Act, cutting off this avenue for those employers looking to violate the spirit of the law.”

Source: The Irish Times November 20, 2025 14:41 UTC