Essential points
- The Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 provides clarity on how voluntary tips and gratuities left for employees are to be treated.
- The current pension system in Ireland is a voluntary system.
- The Pensions Authority is a statutory body set up under the Pensions Acts 1990 to 2018. It regulates occupational pension schemes, trust Retirement Annuity Contracts (RACs) and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) in Ireland.
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