Poll: Should we increase the minimum wage?
Minister Joan Burton has called for a rise in the current wage of €8.65 per hour. Do you agree with her?
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Minister Joan Burton has called for a rise in the current wage of €8.65 per hour. Do you agree with her?
Workers in administrative and support services have seen an increase on last year while those employed in construction have fared worst.
However a report shows 60 per cent of adults still believe their income will be lower this time next year.
We have been treating nurses and gardai as equal in importance to receptionists and quango directors, they are not equal in importance, writes Aaron McKenna.
A report that was discussed in the European Parliament today found that 38 per cent of Europeans rank the pay gap as the most important inequality.
Gardaí, nurses and firefighters will see their pay cut by between 3 and 11 per cent under the pay deal, says the 24/7 Frontline Services Alliance.
New recruits to frontline services in Boston can be paid three times more than what the Irish government has sought to establish as the new starting salary for public service workers. Larry Donnelly discusses the reasons for the disparity in salaries.
The GRA said plans are in place for members to “turn off the goodwill tap” from 22 February if the government refuses to budge on pay cut proposals.
Briefing documents show that the government is seeking to extend the working day and cut overtime and payments for working on public holidays.
Earlier this month it was revealed that junior doctors are being asked to work 36 hours in succession.
SIPTU welcomes Dunnes Stores’ agreement to increase pay by 3 per cent, and says it wants rises elsewhere.
We tend to think of ‘high earners’ as being those with salaries above €100,000 – but the figures reveal a different story, writes Micheál Collins.
This will be the first pay increase for the retailer’s staff since 2007.
Three quarters of companies with occupational sick pay schemes said the potential impact of a statutory scheme would result in a revision of existing sick pay and benefit entitlements.
The latest CSO figures show that the average weekly earnings are up 1.1 per cent this year compared to 2011. But what is the weekly average?
We’re told that wages need to be cut for Ireland to compete internationally – but the figures don’t bear this out, writes Jimmy Kelly of Unite.
The company ceased trading this morning.
“I always make my decisions based on football and only football,” said the Gunners attacker.
A recent report showed the average judge earned a gross salary of €147,961 in 2010.
Junior minister Seán Sherlock has pledged funds from the state insolvency fund to support the workers’ redundancy payments.
The average industrial worker now earns €41,807 a year; the average salary across all sectors is down to €35,768.
Ulster Bank says that payments made yesterday, and since 21 June may still not be available.
Michael Noonan said wage reductions could make it difficult to hold on to staff at the IBRC.
A new campaign is calling for politicians’ pay to be benchmarked against real jobs. Aaron McKenna explains why the salaries have to shrink.
…but average wages are still falling overall, new figures show.
The government has given Jan O’Sullivan a pay raise in line with her status as a ‘super-junior’ minister with a seat at Cabinet.
94 per cent of Unite members withdraw their action and to accept a deal brokered at the Labour Relations Commission last week.
Thousands of people were due an average refund of €385 each after paying a health levy they were not liable for.
Staff will picket EBS branches and the offices of its parent bank AIB, in protest at the withholding of a December payment.
Tim Cook took over from the late Steve Jobs last year. What do you think is in his pay packet?
Only four per cent of business managers fear redundancies, says the study which shows increased optimism.
Staff at the State-owned building society say their ‘Scrooge-like’ employer is withholding an annual payment of four weeks’ pay.
A majority of UNITE members at the building society vote to pursue action over the withholding of a ’13th month’ payment.
Staff are balloting for strike action after the building society said there would be no traditional Christmas payment for employees. The payment has been made every year for the past 45 years.
An independent poll shows most people support the focus on spending cuts rather than tax increases.
Roberto Mancini’s least popular squad member has had his €1,000,000 fine halved after the Professional Footballers’ Association challenged the legality of the punishment.
Arsene Wenger has admitted that his team captain, Robin Van Persie, could desert Arsenal this season if he isn’t offered a significantly improved contract.
Muhammad Younis from Pakistan was forced to work in what have been described as chronic conditions in a Clondalkin restaurant for seven years.