‘Obvious’ that poor pay, not Pup, behind hospitality labour shortages, committee hearsUnions call for improved pay and conditions in pubs and restaurants
Ian Guider: Return of redundancy payments will give clarity on zombie companiesThis is an important move not only for restoring workers’ rights but also for what it may show about the scale of long-term damage to businesses and employment caused by the pandemic
Analysis: Unions get result on redundancy payments freeze Cabinet has signed off on an enhanced redundancy payment for workers which will take account of time they spent on the PUP
Number of Pup recipients falls to lowest since March 2020 The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment was approximately 192,000 this week, a decrease of almost 10,000 on the previous week
Central Bank warns of more business closures if Covid-19 restrictions remainMark Cassidy, the bank’s head of economics and statistics, said keeping restaurants and pubs closed for three more months could have devastating consequences for Ireland’s economy
Green and digital economies to lead recovery planTaoiseach says government wants to avoid a ‘cliff edge’ end of pandemic-related supports
Hospitality industry fears staffing shortages for reopening in JunePoll by restaurants group show that many businesses have lost 25 per cent of their workforce due to staff leaving the industry or returning to home countries
Government planning to phase out PUP from SeptemberCoalition is reluctant to begin immediately cutting payment for 334,000 workers
When you can’t get the staff: the retail sector’s worker problemAs the economy gets back up and running, restaurants, hair and beauty salons and general retail all have challenges to confront, with many employees having moved on
How to work: Why employees on Covid-related payments are being hit with a tax billWorkers who were part of the temporary wage supplement scheme or received the PUP are liable to repay tax, but Revenue is at least trying to make it easier to address underpayments
Top civil servants warned of ‘deep scarring effects’ of lockdownsOfficials at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform reported that the lifting of level 5 restrictions before Christmas did not have an ‘immediate and positive impact on the labour market’
Ian Guider: No getting away from impact of pandemic on businessesBlamed for the Christmas opening which led to the third Covid wave, businesses did not raise a fuss at the extended lockdown. But if they do gown, we all suffer
Under pressure: how Covid-19 shook up the social welfare system Between investigating PUP fraud and unprecedented numbers of new applications, social protection officials have battled a hugely increased workload since the coronavirus crisis began unfolding last March
Call for government to seek fresh legal advice on ‘unconstitutional’ PUP taxFree Legal Advice Centre hopes ‘common sense’ prevails and plan to tax Pandemic Unemployment Payment is scrapped
Brian Keegan: The PUP carries a nasty sting in its tailDue to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, several hundred thousand workers now owe back tax from last year
Taxing PUP could be unconstitutional, Flac warnsThe Free Legal Advice Centre says taxing the pandemic unemployment payments made to more than 200,000 people since last March may contravene citizens’ property rights