# minimum-wage - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
The increase was set to take the minimum wage past the €10 mark for the first time.
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# minimum-wage - Thursday 7 March, 2019
Ireland’s minimum hourly wage is more than €2 less than the appropriate living wage recommended in a European Union report.
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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
€11.90 per hour has been recommended as an appropriate living wage.
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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
After three weeks of large scale protests, Macron announced last night that the minimum wage would be increased.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
Those on minimum wage are more likely to transition to higher pay than remain on the minimum wage, a study showed.
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# minimum-wage - Saturday 14 July, 2018
The current minimum wage is €2.35 below the living wage?
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Other countries seem to manage fine with decent wages, writes Robert Sweeney.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
A previous increase in the rate did not lead to greater unemployment among minimum wage workers.
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It’s been argued that an increase in the minimum wage would lead to more unemployment among minimum wage workers.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
The new Bill to be published this week aims to tackle the casualisation of work.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
An ESRI report said this was because women were more likely to work in part-time jobs or smaller firms.
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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
The ‘living wage’ currently stands at €11.70 an hour.
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# minimum-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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# minimum-wage - Sunday 16 October, 2016
FactCheck attempts to referee a post-Budget dispute between a Fine Gael Junior Minister and an AAA-PBP TD.
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# minimum-wage - Monday 25 July, 2016
The Low Pay Commission have recommended raising the minimum wage from €9.15 to €9.25,
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Unite and the Small Firms Association go head to head.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 15 June, 2016
New research has found that most low-paid workers actually live in homes with above-average incomes.
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# minimum-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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# minimum-wage - Monday 4 January, 2016
The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.
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# minimum-wage - Friday 18 December, 2015
Which means good.
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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
It’s an increase of 50c on the old rate.
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# minimum-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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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
The Low Pay Commission has issued its report. ISME says there’s “no justifiable economic argument” for the increase.
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# minimum-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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# minimum-wage - Sunday 19 July, 2015
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ISME said an increase would have a “substantial knock-on effects for businesses”.
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# minimum-wage - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
The support to increase the minimum wage has been described as “overwhelming”.
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# minimum-wage - Saturday 4 July, 2015
Sinn Féin is embarking on a national campaign to inform voters as it believes an election is imminent.
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# minimum-wage - Friday 8 May, 2015
Ireland’s low pay standard finishes quite high up the OECD rankings.
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# minimum-wage - Friday 24 April, 2015
The country is still an expensive place to do business.
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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 15 April, 2015
Nice work if you can get it.
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# minimum-wage - Thursday 19 March, 2015
One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.
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# minimum-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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# minimum-wage - Wednesday 4 March, 2015
And business group Ibec wants more money for infrastructure to cope with the growth.
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# minimum-wage - Monday 2 March, 2015
… or what it’s like living on the minimum wage.
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# minimum-wage - Friday 6 February, 2015
A substantial minimum wage rise right now would be a very hollow victory if it meant that businesses couldn’t remain competitive and collapsed.
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# minimum-wage - Saturday 31 January, 2015
And pay rises for all.
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# minimum-wage - Sunday 18 January, 2015
We checked. It doesn’t go very far.
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# minimum-wage - Saturday 20 December, 2014
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
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# minimum-wage - Monday 15 December, 2014
A new Low Pay Commission is being set up to examine the current rate of €8.65 and whether it should be increased.
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