# living-wage - Monday 17 December, 2018
High earners pay more tax but they also benefit from the fact workers in the service industry get paid low wages, writes Killian Donoghue.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
The government insists work is under way to address pay and conditions of Defence Forces personnel.
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# living-wage - Monday 10 September, 2018
Young Fine Gael wants its senior party colleagues to change conditions for soldiers being paid ‘the lowest average wage in the public sector’.
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# living-wage - Saturday 14 July, 2018
Other countries seem to manage fine with decent wages, writes Robert Sweeney.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 4 July, 2018
Despite rising housing costs, the price of food, clothing, health insurance and transport all fell in 2018.
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# living-wage - Friday 5 January, 2018
It is the first supermarket to commit to paying the living wage.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
The current housing crisis, and associated increases in rent levels, has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.
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The current housing crisis has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.
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# living-wage - Thursday 27 April, 2017
A release from the CSO suggests that just over 10% of Irish workers are earning €9.25 an hour or less.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 30 March, 2016
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.
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# living-wage - Sunday 31 January, 2016
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.
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# living-wage - Monday 4 January, 2016
The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.
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# living-wage - Friday 18 December, 2015
Which means good.
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# living-wage - Monday 26 October, 2015
The German supermarket chain also plans to recruit over 400 new staff next year.
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# living-wage - Thursday 8 October, 2015
The pay increase will be introduced from 1 November.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 30 September, 2015
This is the estimated rate a person needs to earn to afford a decent standard of living.
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# living-wage - Monday 20 July, 2015
But business groups are against any rise in the minimum wage.
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The flat-pack furniture chain has committed to “meaningful” pay for staff.
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# living-wage - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
The support to increase the minimum wage has been described as “overwhelming”.
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# living-wage - Monday 6 July, 2015
The threshold has just gone up.
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# living-wage - Thursday 19 March, 2015
One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.
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# living-wage - Wednesday 18 March, 2015
Only by 20p though. Is Ireland about to follow the UK’s example? And by how much if so?
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# living-wage - Monday 19 January, 2015
But how can this be reversed?
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# living-wage - Sunday 6 July, 2014
Unite described the wages of workers in hospitality, administrative support and retail sectors as ‘poverty pay’.
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# living-wage - Thursday 15 May, 2014
Low-paid, zero hour contracts are on the rise globally, leaving workers without stability or decent quality of life.
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# living-wage - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
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.
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# living-wage - Monday 9 December, 2013
“It is better to bet on earning a little bit less and maintain as many jobs as possible” – do you agree with Mariano Rajoy?
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# living-wage - Saturday 30 November, 2013
Meanwhile, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has pledged to repeal the law on emergency public sector pay cuts.
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# living-wage - Thursday 28 November, 2013
The Social Protection Minister has made the case for a wage increase that she argues would reduce welfare spend and increase tax revenue.
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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.
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# living-wage - Saturday 2 November, 2013
The Minister for Social Protection has made a significant speech on the welfare state today.
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