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Minimum wage

Politics

Low Pay Commission’s own research found minimum wage hike could cost jobs

Government expected to increase current level to €12.70 per hour, but study claims rate may have already exceeded the value of work being carried out
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 23, 2023
Economy

Minimum wage should be increased by €2 from January - ICTU

In a submission to the Low Pay Commission, the body has said there should also be a further €2 increase in January 2025 in order to provide a decent standard of living for lower paid workers
  • Cónal Thomas
  • May 25, 2023

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Will raising Ireland's minimum wage to €13 per hour be bad for business? What the research says

The 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
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • December 10, 2022
Living Wage

Varadkar expects ‘significant increase’ in minimum wage next year as new plan announced

The cabinet has approved a public consultation process on a new method of introducing a living wage for around 137,000 workers
  • Michael Brennan
  • June 14, 2022

Brian Keegan: How do you fund services without raising taxes? You can raise wages

A wage increase would generate hundreds of millions of euro in tax yield without much political or social pushback
  • Brian Keegan
  • April 3, 2022

Minimum wage to be increased, Varadkar says

Some 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
  • Michael Brennan
  • September 23, 2021

Government studies options on minimum wage rate

ICTU calls for increase of 30 cent an hour to €10.50, but employers’ group Isme warns of possible wage spiral
  • Michael Brennan
  • September 19, 2021

Kevin Callinan: How collective bargaining can benefit staff, employers and the economy

Ireland is one of the EU states trying to water down the collective bargaining elements of the proposed EU Directive on Minimum Wage. It’s an ill-advised move on our part
  • Kevin Callinan
  • May 30, 2021

Retail tops list of employment law breaches, WRC finds

Inspectors from the Workplace Relations Commission identified 1,760 breaches of employment law during 2020
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 23, 2021

Minimum-wage workers in Ireland among worst hit in Europe by Covid-19, ESRI finds

Some 43 per cent of the lowest paid workers here are employed in the accommodation, food, wholesale or retail sectors which have been badly affected by the pandemic
  • Eva Short
  • April 8, 2021

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