A cut to the minimum wage to reduce labour costs has been recommended by the IMF in its latest review on Ireland’s recovery.

Chambers Ireland has today called for the abolition of Employment Regulation Orders (ERO) and Registered Employment Agreements (REA) in its submission to the Independent Review of ERO and REA wage-setting mechanisms.

Calls for a €1 cut in the minimum wage were branded 'immoral' today.

The Director of the Small Firms Association (SFA) Pat Delaney, has said that the SFA is "fundamentally opposed" to any increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and that any increase under the current review would be indefensible.

THE cost of insurance remains Business Enemy Number One in a list of the ‘dirty dozen’ problems for small businesses, according to a new survey.