Over a third of employees in Ireland claim they have never missed a day in work according to recent employee research carried out by Irish Life.
One third of Irish employees admit to having trouble ‘leaving work at work' and regularly bring home paperwork in the evenings.
A fifth of employees admitted that they felt it was important to arrive in work before their boss and to leave after them at night, highlighting the pressure some employees feel in the workplace.
The research also shows that Ireland’s workforce are only saving an average of 10% of their salary into a pension fund and only 29% of Irish people know how much they need to live on in retirement.
Director at Irish Life Corporate Business, Damian Fadden say, "We know from our own figures that only half of people working in the private sector are in a pension plan and that the average contribution to Defined Contribution (DC) workplace pensions is just 10%."
He added, "However, with people generally starting to save for their pension in their mid-30s, they would actually need to save at least 15% of their salary to secure a better retirement outcome."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
