FG resists calls for minimum wage rise
As both Coalition parties draw their battle lines ahead of Octoberâs budget, the social protection minister said the Government had reversed a minimum wage cut imposed by the previous administration but âwe need to go furtherâ.
The Coalition needs to move towards a âliving wageâ arrangement in the second half of its term in office, she said in a speech to Labourâs Tom Johnson Summer School on Saturday. She said the State is âeffectively subsidisingâ low-paying employers by making welfare payments to low-paid households through the Family Income Supplement.
