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Sunday 27 September 2020
It represents a 3% increase, or an extra 30c an hour.
The current national minimum wage is €9.80 per hour.
The report also said there were increased costs in energy in the last 12 months.
The cosmetics company began paying the living wage to staff in 2017.
The discount supermarket chain plans to open seven new stores in Ireland in 2019.
€11.90 per hour has been recommended as an appropriate living wage.
High earners pay more tax but they also benefit from the fact workers in the service industry get paid low wages, writes Killian Donoghue.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
The government insists work is under way to address pay and conditions of Defence Forces personnel.
Young Fine Gael wants its senior party colleagues to change conditions for soldiers being paid ‘the lowest average wage in the public sector’.
Other countries seem to manage fine with decent wages, writes Robert Sweeney.
Despite rising housing costs, the price of food, clothing, health insurance and transport all fell in 2018.
It is the first supermarket to commit to paying the living wage.
The current housing crisis, and associated increases in rent levels, has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.
The current housing crisis has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.
A release from the CSO suggests that just over 10% of Irish workers are earning €9.25 an hour or less.
Ikea is raising its pay for Irish staff to €11.50 an hour – the basic rate considered necessary to fund a decent standard of living.
The suggested wage at €11.50 per hour, based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net working week, equates to an annual salary of €22,203.
The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.
Which means good.
The German supermarket chain also plans to recruit over 400 new staff next year.
The pay increase will be introduced from 1 November.
This is the estimated rate a person needs to earn to afford a decent standard of living.
But business groups are against any rise in the minimum wage.
The flat-pack furniture chain has committed to “meaningful” pay for staff.
The support to increase the minimum wage has been described as “overwhelming”.
The threshold has just gone up.
One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.
Only by 20p though. Is Ireland about to follow the UK’s example? And by how much if so?
But how can this be reversed?
Unite described the wages of workers in hospitality, administrative support and retail sectors as ‘poverty pay’.
Low-paid, zero hour contracts are on the rise globally, leaving workers without stability or decent quality of life.
We shouldn’t view a living wage for employees as a burden, but as an investment: it would be one of the most effective ways to stimulate the economy, writes Ciaran Garrett.
“It is better to bet on earning a little bit less and maintain as many jobs as possible” – do you agree with Mariano Rajoy?
Meanwhile, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has pledged to repeal the law on emergency public sector pay cuts.
The Social Protection Minister has made the case for a wage increase that she argues would reduce welfare spend and increase tax revenue.
Our social welfare system already supports those in work by topping-up low wages. This is why a Living Wage could increase tax revenue and decrease spending on benefits, the Social Protection Minister argues.
The Minister for Social Protection has made a significant speech on the welfare state today.
AFTER A COLD week, another frosty few days are ahead of us.
Temperatures are set to drop to as low as -2 degrees tonight, according to Met Éireann.
Conditions will be dry and clear, but there will be widespread frost.
So, as the autumn weather is most certainly upon us, we want to know: Have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
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Clouds and sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mostly cloudy with spotty showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 6 °C
Times of clouds and sun
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Min: 9 °C
