Economy Employers’ groups split on public sector pay dealIsme and Ibec divided over deal to deliver 10.25 per cent for public sector workers
business Small firms being ‘bounced’ into risk by new state-imposed costsFirms around the country are set to be hit with a host of new responsibilities that will test the viability of some
Dublin Riots ISME: ‘Retail staff are not afraid of immigrants, they are afraid of unrestrained thuggery’Retailers are continuing to count the cost of the riots, which saw 13 shops extensively damaged, 11 garda and six public transport vehicles destroyed
News Isme 30th anniversary lunch abandoned after suspect device found by GardaíOver 400 guests were asked to evacuate Clontarf Castle hotel on Friday afternoon after Gardaí identified a suspect device close to the hotel
budget 2024 Business supports: 130,000 firms to get once-off payment as part of €250m scheme Any Irish business that has paid less than €20,000 in rates will receive a grant up to 50 per cent of the amount paid
budget 2024 Isme calls for range of tax reforms in budget Group says proposals would ‘ease tax burden’ on workers and raise extra €1.1 million for Exchequer
budget 2024 Show us the money: what industry wants from Budget 2024With all signs pointing to a big budget, business groups have been pitching to get increased spending, tax cuts and other perks for their sectors. Here’s what they want
Politics Lack of commercial security clearance is ‘impeding’ the economy, warns IsmeThere is no permanent security clearance system in place for companies because the country does not have a standalone national intelligence agency.
Public Sector Editorial: Unions must accept that public sector pay deal is a two-way streetWhatever the justification for continual pay increases for public employees, taxpayers are entitled to see progress in terms of greater reforms and efficiencies in the sector
Business Number of insolvencies to rise next year, says Isme bossDespite the certainty that insolvencies among small firms will increase in 2023, Neil McDonnell says Isme is not in favour of supporting ‘zombie companies’ that can’t pay their way
Work Will raising Ireland's minimum wage to €13 per hour be bad for business? What the research saysThe minimum wage is set to be replaced by the living wage. While studies have largely backed the change, some business groups are fighting the move
Politics Commission calls for higher taxes ‘challenging’ - DonohoeExpert group advises a shift in the balance of taxation away from tax on labour, but acknowledges that recommendations are being issued amid high inflation
Legal Law Society and Bar Council at odds with SME lobby group over legal costs report Irish SME association hits out at report recommending controlling legal costs by system of non-binding guidelines rather than table of maximum costs
Workers can check out, but never leave: Can the government’s controversial plan defuse the pensions timebomb? The state’s new scheme for the 750,000 private sector workers who do not have a private pension aims to generate a pension pot of €21 billion within a decade. But opinion is already divided over whether it will work
Out of office? How unions and employers are at odds over Varadkar’s proposed ‘right to refuse’ remote working bill Employers are clear that the Tánaiste’s bill must not force them to comply with requests for remote working, but trade unions have argued the proposed legislation does not go far enough
Remote-ish: How the country’s biggest employers want their staff to embrace a hybrid solution A Business Post survey of 30 companies reveals that most employers plan to facilitate flexible working
Work from home arrangements will cost businesses, Isme warnsEmployers’ group to tell Oireachtas committee that remote working contains additional costs for Irish companies
Isme and Ibec wrangle over say on childcare pay The two bodies both argue they should represent employers on a joint labour committee deciding on staff conditions in the sector
Minimum wage to be increased, Varadkar saysSome 137,000 workers to get a pay rise despite resistance from business groups who say the government has given up on trying to control the cost of living
Government studies options on minimum wage rateICTU calls for increase of 30 cent an hour to €10.50, but employers’ group Isme warns of possible wage spiral