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IMPACT Audio Bulletin
IMPACT job opportunities
IMPACT executive explains Fórsa backing
PSSA working time provisions to kick in
Blanket retirement age not on
Des fights for daa worker-director post
Extreme weather protocol needed
Members back Aer Lingus pay deal
More women earn minimum wage
by Lughan Deane
 

A new ESRI study has found that women are over twice as likely as men to earn the national minimum wage.  The report also says that three-quarters of those in receipt of the minimum wage are female. Low pay is a major component cause of the gender pay gap.


In a related finding, the study confirms the often-quoted fact that highly-feminised sectors are characterised by low pay. For example, 15% of those working in the accommodation and food sector are stuck on the minimum wage.


The paper also reveals that part-time workers are three times more likely than their full-time counterparts to be on the minimum pay. Many women choose to work part-time to accommodate caring and other responsibilities outside the workplace. The study finds that 56% of female minimum wage workers are part-timers.


IMPACT recently made two submissions to the Department of Justice and Equality’s consultation process on measures to close the gender pay gap. The union has been campaigning for the introduction of gender pay gap reporting laws for several months.

 

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