Think tank recommends pay rises of up to 15% in charity sector

The Tasc report examines staffing, demand for services and funding among hundreds of Section 39, 10, and 56 organisations across the country which receive contracts from the State to deliver services in health, disability, family support, children, care of older people, homelessness and addiction. File picture: iStock/DragonImages

Pay increases of up to 15% are needed to tackle the wage disparity between people doing similar work in the charity sector and in State agencies, such as the HSE.

That is according to a new report published by the economic and social think-thank, Tasc, in conjunction with The Wheel, the representative body for the charity sector.