Minimum wage increases
by Mehak Dugal
 
Unions around the country criticised the move of an increase of less than 1% as being inadequate for over 120,000 minimum wage workers around the country.
Unions around the country criticised the move of an increase of less than 1% as being inadequate for over 120,000 minimum wage workers around the country.

An increase in the national minimum wage of 10 cent an hour has been approved by the Government. The increase comes into effect from 1st January 2021 and will bring the new minimum wage to €10.20 per hour.

 

Unions around the country criticised the move of an increase of less than 1% as being inadequate for over 120,000 minimum wage workers around the country.

 

Earlier this month, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) representatives withdrew from the Low Pay Commission, the Government-established body that makes recommendations on the rate of the statutory minimum wage, stating that they “could not in conscience be a party to any recommendation that did not afford the lowest-paid workers in the country an increase at least similar to that applicable in other sectors of our economy.”

 

The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has pledged to reform PRSI thresholds to reflect the increase in the minimum wage and assist employers.

 

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