Minimum Wage

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BBC Good Food Nation survey
Minimum wage 'to add to costs for small food and drink firms'
The hike in the minimum wage will add to the costs facing small firms even as energy and commodities inflation slows, business group Food and Drink Ireland has said.

Tue, 31 Oct, 2023

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Low Pay Commission: Minimum wage needs 'significant changes' to meet 2026 target
The chair of the Low Pay Commission has said that “significant changes” will need to be made to the minimum wage before 2026 if the Government is to reach its target of benchmarking it to 60% of the hourly median wage.

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

PAYE workers will benefit from changes to tax bands and USC
PAYE workers will benefit from changes to tax bands and USC
PAYE and earned income tax credits will rise by €100 each, the 4.5% rate of USC will be cut to 4%, and the income threshold for paying USC at all will be upped to €25k

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

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Neil McDonnell: Small firms face costly hike in minimum wage
With inflation forecast at 5.25%, the 12.4% rise (13.9% including auto-enrolment) is the biggest adjustment in the national minimum wage since the great financial crash

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

College professor near white board
Budget to introduce free Junior Cycle school books and cuts to college and childcare fees
Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has secured a 25% reduction in childcare fees, but it is expected that parents will not see the reduction applied until around September of next year.

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Call for €2bn training fund for Irish small firms in budget
Call for €2bn training fund for Irish small firms in budget
Azets also urged Finance Minister Michael McGrath to set the national minimum wage increase to around 5% instead of 12%

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Budget will support businesses with the cost of minimum wage hike – Varadkar
Budget will support businesses with the cost of minimum wage hike – Varadkar
However, Isme said that if minimum wage increases are so large that firms require state support, they should not go ahead

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

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Minimum wage increase would add 2.5% to grocery bills, warns ISME
Proposed wage increase would be 'unsustainable' for members

Mon, 31 Jul, 2023

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Small firms may be hit by minimum wage increases, warn business groups
Recommendation to increase the national minimum wage to €12.70 per hour from next January will place 'additional pressure on employment costs' 

Wed, 19 Jul, 2023

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Irish Examiner view: A bump up for both sides
Minimum wage

Fri, 26 May, 2023

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More than 1.5m people to get social welfare increases
More than 1.5m people to benefit from measures aimed at pensioners, carers, low-income families, and people with disabilities

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

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Minimum wage rise could create economic cost, warns Isme
Plans for a 16% increase over four years could result in reduced working hours for staff, increased worker productivity, increased sales prices, or a combination of all three, business group says

Wed, 23 Nov, 2022

ICTU: 'Fallacy' to suggest minimum wage rise will lead to more business closures
ICTU: 'Fallacy' to suggest minimum wage rise will lead to more business closures
Business groups were invited to attend the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment hearing but did not for a 'number of reasons'

Wed, 12 Oct, 2022

Wage increases are 'unsustainable' for salon owners as they battle soaring costs
Wage increases are 'unsustainable' for salon owners as they battle soaring costs
One disappointment for many in the services industry was Government’s decision not to keep the Vat rate at 9%, which will return to its pre-pandemic rate of 13.5% in Spring 2023

Wed, 28 Sep, 2022

Woman working at a restaurant
Ministers to approve 80c minimum wage increase from January
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is also expected to recommend that the Living Wage, which is not mandatory, be set at €13.10 for next year, when Cabinet meet tomorrow morning

Tue, 13 Sep, 2022

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Ciarán Nugent: Minimum wage lags the living wage of €12.90 an hour, even before inflation
Ireland has one of the highest shares of low-wage employment in the developed world.

Sun, 07 Aug, 2022

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Why the minimum wage needs to rise rapidly
The Government could take a leaf out of France's book in helping minimum wage workers to progress, writes Michael Dowling

Mon, 01 Aug, 2022

Elaine Loughlin: Proposed increases for low-paid workers amount to wages of spin
Elaine Loughlin: Proposed increases for low-paid workers amount to wages of spin
Increasing the minimum wage and fully adopting the living wage are not one and the same thing, contrary to what Mr Varadkar and the rest of the Government might want us all to believe

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

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Germany set to raise minimum wage to €12 an hour
The minimum wage in Germany is currently €9.82 an hour and is due to rise to €10.45 from July

Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Tom McDonnell: Unreasonable to expect workers to passively accept fall in living standards
Tom McDonnell: Unreasonable to expect workers to passively accept fall in living standards
Cost of living pressures are creating demands for wage increases and other measures to relieve the burden on households

Mon, 18 Apr, 2022

P&O Ferries announcement
Irish Examiner view: There is no place for rogue corporations
P&O have put themselves beyond the pale with their illegal sacking of staff and replacement with workers earning below the minimum wage

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

Mick Clifford: These two women stood up for themselves. Their victory may be a tipping point
Mick Clifford: These two women stood up for themselves. Their victory may be a tipping point
The Labour Court has vindicated Julia Marciniak and Lenka Laiermanova and the campaign they initiated about tips in the hospitality industry may end up written into the law of the land

Sun, 27 Feb, 2022

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Minimum wage employees are working less but earning more
ESRI study funded by Low Pay Commission examines effect of minimum wage increases

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

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Brian Keegan: To support a living wage, consumers will have to pay a little more
The current estimate by the campaigning Living Wage Technical Group suggests it should be an additional €2 or so per hour over the current statutory minimum wage of €10.20.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2021

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Government to raise minimum wage to €10.20
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe sought the Government's permission to draw down €1.5bn from the rainy day fund ahead of Budget 2021

Wed, 07 Oct, 2020

Minimum wage increases 30c from today
Minimum wage increases 30c from today

The minimum wage official rises to €10.10 per hour from today.

Sat, 01 Feb, 2020

Minimum wage increase led to some workers see temporary reduction in hours
Minimum wage increase led to some workers see temporary reduction in hours

In January 2018, the minimum wage increased from €9.25 per hour to €9.55 per hour.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2019

Labour Court ordered to reconsider man's claim that employer breached Minimum Wage Act
Labour Court ordered to reconsider man's claim that employer breached Minimum Wage Act

A man who claimed his employment contract provided for him to work 66 hours a week for €337.50 has won his High Court challenge over the Labour Court’s rejection of his case his employer paid him less than the minimum wage.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2019

Many EU workers not getting minimum wage boost
Many EU workers not getting minimum wage boost

Increases in the minimum wage may not have made an overall positive difference to many workers across the EU, including Ireland, a report has found.

Tue, 04 Jun, 2019

Almost one in 10 on minimum wage
Almost one in 10 on minimum wage

The debate about extending parental leave to allow new fathers to take time off work shows how difficult it is to square workers’ rights and viable business plans.

Sat, 27 Apr, 2019

CSO: More than 137,000 earn the minimum wage
CSO: More than 137,000 earn the minimum wage

There were 24,500 people earning less than the minimum wage at the end of last year, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Fri, 26 Apr, 2019

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EU report suggests living wage in Ireland is €11.90 per hour, 25% higher than existing minimum wage

Implementing a living wage could play a significant role in offsetting the rise of in-work poverty across the European Union, according to a new report from Eurofound on the Concept and practice of a living wage in the EU.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2018

Minimum wage workers more likely to progress to higher pay, ESRI finds
Minimum wage workers more likely to progress to higher pay, ESRI finds

Minimum wage workers are more likely to transition to higher pay than remain on the minimum wage, according to a new study.

Wed, 03 Oct, 2018

Bosses being told to tell staff about a rise in the minimum wage
Bosses being told to tell staff about a rise in the minimum wage

Bosses are being told to tell their staff about a rise in the minimum wage.

Thu, 19 Jul, 2018

Commission recommends raising minimum wage by 25 cents an hour
Commission recommends raising minimum wage by 25 cents an hour

There is a recommendation for the minimum wage to go up by 25 cents to €9.80 an hour.

Wed, 18 Jul, 2018

Latest: Restaurant owners criticise 20c increase in living wage
Latest: Restaurant owners criticise 20c increase in living wage

Restaurant owners are warning businesses should not be penalised because the cost of housing has gone up.

Wed, 04 Jul, 2018

25% still on minimum wage after four years
25% still on minimum wage after four years

A quarter of employees earning the minimum wage or under have worked for their employer for four years or more.

Fri, 25 May, 2018

Minimum wage increase did not lead to more unemployment, study finds
Minimum wage increase did not lead to more unemployment, study finds

The increase in the national minimum wage did not lead to more unemployment among low paid workers, a new study has found.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2018

'Wholly unacceptable' that young people are paid less for same work as older people - Youth Work Ireland
'Wholly unacceptable' that young people are paid less for same work as older people - Youth Work Ireland

Youth Work Ireland says it's "wholly unacceptable that young people are paid less for the same work as older people".

Mon, 09 Apr, 2018

Women, non-nationals and young people most likely to earn minimum wage
Women, non-nationals and young people most likely to earn minimum wage

The research was carried out by the ESRI when the figure was €8.65.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017

Minimum wage a ‘blunt tool’ in tackling poverty
Minimum wage a ‘blunt tool’ in tackling poverty

Gaps between women and men, and young and older workers on the minimum wage have substantially narrowed, but there are still inexplicably more non-nationals than Irish workers in receipt of the lowest wages, according to the latest research.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017

Minimum wage rise will narrow gender pay gap, says Sinn Féin
Minimum wage rise will narrow gender pay gap, says Sinn Féin

Increasing the minimum wage to €10 an hour would help close the gender pay gap for low-paid workers, Sinn Féin has said.

Sun, 01 Oct, 2017

Latest: Leo Varadkar defends 'pathetic' minimum wage increases
Latest: Leo Varadkar defends 'pathetic' minimum wage increases

Latest: The Taoiseach has defended the planned small increase to the minimum wage.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2017

Political scientist says Taoiseach's claim that minimum wage workers are 'middle class' is 'odd'
Political scientist says Taoiseach's claim that minimum wage workers are 'middle class' is 'odd'

Latest: A political scientist has said Leo Varadkar's claim that some minimum wage workers are "middle class" is "odd".

Thu, 27 Jul, 2017

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