Nearly half of all households paying bills late each month
Disposable income index shows that half of Irish people don’t feel able to save regularly – and increasing numbers of working adults are left without spare cash after essentials paid for.
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Disposable income index shows that half of Irish people don’t feel able to save regularly – and increasing numbers of working adults are left without spare cash after essentials paid for.
Food industry groups have welcome the ruling which deems Joint Labour Committees rules on wages to be unconstitutional. They say it will lead to job creation.
Reducing pay rates won’t help tackle unemployment – but there is another way, argues think-tank director Nat O’Connor.
The Swedish car company says it doesn’t have the cash to pay wages.
Irish people are spending more on clothes, but less on furniture, fuel, medicines and going to the pub. Year-on-year figures are down almost four per cent.
The Taoiseach has said that an exact date for a reversal of the minimum wage cut could not be set.
Hourly earnings fell across the private and public sector last year – as did levels of employment.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions says IBEC’s calls for a pay freeze would be “a recipe for conflict”.