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The Daily PollPoll: Should the minimum wage be increased by 25% to €11.90 an hour?
The current minimum wage is €2.35 below the living wage?
THE LIVING WAGE was recently calculated to be €11.90 per hour, €2.35 above the current minimum wage of €9.55.
The living wage is designed to calculate the wage needed to live a minimum acceptable standard of living.
In an opinion piece published this morning, economist at think-tank TASC Robert Sweeney argued that Irish employers can absorb greater wage increases.
He says that a 25% increase in the minimum wage to meet the living wage could be introduced over a number of years. But do you think this is a good idea?
Poll: Should the minimum wage be increased by 25% to €11.90 an hour?
Poll Results:
Yes (9670)
No (3572)
Don't know (586)
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