Dr Laura Bambrick

Charlie Weston, personal finance editor of the Irish Independent, and Dr. Laura Bambrick, head of social policy at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, dive into the urgent need for regulations against companies dodging the new pension auto-enrolment system. They discuss the risks of inferior schemes being forced on employees and the push for minimum standards. The duo highlights the challenges small employers face and clarifies misconceptions about the administrative burden of auto-enrolment, stressing its long-term necessity for securing workers' futures.