# Living wage

Majority of Irish retail workers earn less than €451 per week, new research shows

Just 21% of people surveyed earn more than the living wage.

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Feb 15th 2023, 7:49 AM

# Lidl

Lidl to create over 700 new jobs this year and give pay rise to existing staff

Staff are to receive a pay rise that will result in a 7.5% increase in monthly wages on average.

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Feb 10th 2023, 12:16 PM

Last year

2022

Minimum wage set to be scrapped by 2026 as Government moves to implement living wage

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar announced the draft plan today.

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Jun 14th 2022, 1:28 PM

Varadkar to bring memo to Cabinet next month on introducing a living wage

‘What I want to do is bring in a living wage, do it as quickly as possible, but not in a way that has unintended consequences,’ the Tánaiste said.

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May 26th 2022, 10:09 PM

# Economy

Varadkar at Davos: 'We will not go into recession, but there will be a slowdown'

Leo Varadkar is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.

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May 24th 2022, 1:10 PM

# Inflation

Living wage proposals to be brought to Government before summer, says Varadkar

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said indexing the tax bands further is needed now more than ever.

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Apr 12th 2022, 6:30 PM

All time

Living Wage group recommends 60c rise to €12.90 an hour due to rent increases

The Living Wage Technical Group (LWTG) has said the increase is being driven by higher rents, transport and energy costs.

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Sep 29th 2021, 7:24 AM

Low Pay Commission to examine increasing minimum wage by €2.10 per hour

An increase to the ‘living wage’ is in the programme for government.

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Apr 15th 2021, 9:51 AM

Taoiseach wants to examine the prospect of a living wage within lifetime of the government

The Taoiseach promised that a living wage would become “a theme of the government”.

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Dec 27th 2020, 3:36 PM

Minimum wage increases to €10.10 an hour from today

It represents a 3% increase, or an extra 30c an hour.

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Feb 1st 2020, 1:14 PM

Poll: Should the minimum wage be increased to €12.30 per hour to reflect the living wage?

The current national minimum wage is €9.80 per hour.

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Jul 3rd 2019, 11:35 AM

# Cost of Living

Housing crisis drives 40c increase in Living Wage to €12.30 per hour

The report also said there were increased costs in energy in the last 12 months.

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Jul 3rd 2019, 7:48 AM

# retail and services

Beauty company Lush is taking a 'long-term view' with the living wage - despite a profit dip

The cosmetics company began paying the living wage to staff in 2017.

588

May 3rd 2019, 8:10 AM

# job fairy

Aldi set to hire 500 new employees this year

The discount supermarket chain plans to open seven new stores in Ireland in 2019.

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Jan 22nd 2019, 10:51 AM

Poll: Should a living wage be introduced in Ireland?

€11.90 per hour has been recommended as an appropriate living wage.

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Jan 22nd 2019, 10:28 AM

Opinion: Debunking the myth of the squeezed middle

High earners pay more tax but they also benefit from the fact workers in the service industry get paid low wages, writes Killian Donoghue.

36.2k

Dec 17th 2018, 7:00 AM

'Compliments and commendations don't put meals on tables': Defence Forces families march on Leinster House

The government insists work is under way to address pay and conditions of Defence Forces personnel.

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Sep 19th 2018, 3:31 PM

'If we don't pay our Defence Forces a decent wage, we will lose talented, educated young people'

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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Sep 10th 2018, 7:00 AM

Living wage: 'Ireland is an outlier in terms of its high levels of low pay'

Other countries seem to manage fine with decent wages, writes Robert Sweeney.

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Jul 14th 2018, 9:00 AM

# Money Money Money

Rising rents have pushed the living wage up to €11.90 an hour

Despite rising housing costs, the price of food, clothing, health insurance and transport all fell in 2018.

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Jul 4th 2018, 6:00 AM

Aldi staff will now earn the €11.70 an hour living wage

It is the first supermarket to commit to paying the living wage.

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Jan 5th 2018, 12:04 PM

Poll: Do you think a living wage of €11.70 is enough?

The current housing crisis, and associated increases in rent levels, has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.

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Jul 5th 2017, 9:41 AM

# it all adds up

Cheaper food, but higher rent: Living wage increases to €11.70 an hour

The current housing crisis has been the main driver of the increased wage rate.

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Jul 5th 2017, 6:20 AM

One in 10 Irish workers are earning the minimum wage or less

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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Apr 27th 2017, 6:10 AM

Poll: Should employers pay their workers at least €11.50 an hour?

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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Mar 30th 2016, 9:16 AM

# pay me my money down

Here’s how much it will cost if the state becomes a living wage employer

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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Jan 31st 2016, 6:05 AM

# surprise

Business owners are not happy about the new minimum wage

The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.

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Jan 4th 2016, 6:10 AM

# extra cash

Joan: Increasing minimum wage by €2 is 'horse sense'

Which means good.

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Dec 18th 2015, 6:06 AM

Aldi staff in line for pay hike as supermarket commits to raising hourly rate to €11.50

The German supermarket chain also plans to recruit over 400 new staff next year.

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Oct 26th 2015, 9:29 AM

Lidl staff to get a bump in their wages with supermarket to pay €11.50 an hour

The pay increase will be introduced from 1 November.

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Oct 8th 2015, 9:31 AM

Poll: Should the minimum wage be raised to €11.50 an hour?

This is the estimated rate a person needs to earn to afford a decent standard of living.

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Sep 30th 2015, 8:00 PM

# the payoff

Another 50c an hour 'won't help families with spiralling rents and extra taxes'

But business groups are against any rise in the minimum wage.

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Jul 20th 2015, 5:14 PM

# swede as a nut

Ikea is going to pay the living wage for all its Irish workers

The flat-pack furniture chain has committed to “meaningful” pay for staff.

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Jul 20th 2015, 12:26 PM

# enough to live on

Should the minimum wage be raised to €11.50 an hour?

The support to increase the minimum wage has been described as “overwhelming”.

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Jul 14th 2015, 12:18 PM

# All about the money

Do you earn enough for a minimum standard of living?

The threshold has just gone up.

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Jul 6th 2015, 8:31 AM

# we're not partying

Saying jobs are only being created in Dublin is 'highly misleading'

One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.

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Mar 19th 2015, 5:45 PM

# counting pennies

The UK's minimum wage has just gone up...

Only by 20p though. Is Ireland about to follow the UK’s example? And by how much if so?

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Mar 18th 2015, 5:58 PM

# Davos

The top 1% could soon own more than HALF of global wealth

But how can this be reversed?

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Jan 19th 2015, 6:30 AM

# Standard of Living

1 in 5 workers earn less than the 'living wage'

Unite described the wages of workers in hospitality, administrative support and retail sectors as ‘poverty pay’.

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Jul 6th 2014, 5:42 PM