Companies SME’s face 36% surge in costs due to changes in minimum wage and pension entitlementsExcel Recruitment has warned the government needs to introduce supports for businesses to help them absorb rising costs over the coming years
Retail Ikea to pay Irish staff €14.80 per hour living wage, offer more flexibilityThe new hourly pay rate will kick in next January
Retail Aldi and Lidl to raise minimum pay for staff in IrelandRetailers have committed to adopting the latest living wage rate of €14.80 from next year
Comment Ian Guider: Despite the pain, hiking the minimum wage is a small price to pay to do the right thingA hike of 12 per cent is unlikely to affect the multinationals, but it could cause problems for thousands of small firms that employ the majority of people on lower salaries
Comment Maeve McElwee: Job losses and closures will be cost of not backing businessesThe government’s plan to replace the national minimum wage with a ‘living wage’ by 2026 must be backed by essential supports to employers
Retail Just 21% of Irish retail workers earning a living wageA survey from the Mandate trade union found many employees are offered relatively low working hours
Work Three Ireland becomes latest company to embrace the living wageThe change will be effective from the new year, and comes as several other firms in the industry have also raised pay
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
Wages Hospitality wage bills will rise by 5% to pay for living wageResearchers say restaurants, pubs and hotels will be most impacted by living wage of €13.70 an hour, as the sector has the greatest number of minimum-wage workers
Living Wage Varadkar expects ‘significant increase’ in minimum wage next year as new plan announcedThe cabinet has approved a public consultation process on a new method of introducing a living wage for around 137,000 workers