Still stuck in the Gap

Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Pension Auto-Enrolment from a Gender and Care Lens

Pension auto-enrolment, due to start in September 2025, is the biggest reform to the Irish pension system since the 1960s, aiming to expand occupational pension coverage. NWC’s new report examines the scheme and its impact on gender and care inequalities. It finds that while the forthcoming pension auto-enrolment scheme will increase pension coverage, it will not address the structural inequalities faced by women in our pension system and may even make them worse.

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