Irish Examiner view: Shameful behaviour on pensions

Some large employers sought to undermine auto-enrolment

Since January, employers have been legally obliged to enrol eligible employees in the My Future Fund scheme.

News that a number of large companies plotted to push their workers into inadequate pension schemes ahead of the introduction of pension auto-enrolment this year is disturbing.

The plan, reported upon by journalist Ken Foxe, was for those companies to get employees into pension schemes that would cost the companies less than the State-designed scheme, but would also provide very little return for workers.