Tagged with: minimum wage
Wage Theft in Ireland (Part 2)
Michelle O'Sullivan 04/11/2022
A Progressive Economy blog earlier this year (14th April) highlighted the growing concern internationally with the phenomenon of wage theft, referring to situations where workers are not paid for work performed. Wage theft received some prominence here in recent years in union campaigns about tipping practices in hospitality. Other countries such …
Wage Theft in Ireland
Michelle O'Sullivan 11/04/2022
When the issue of hospitality workers not receiving tips gained prominence nationally in recent years, unions called the action of employers …
Living wage
Robert Sweeney 17/07/2018
LAST WEEK THE Living Wage Technical Group published an update of the living wage in Ireland. The living wage calculates the wage needed to live a …
Effects of the minimum wage on the jobs market
Tom McDonnell 06/03/2013
Tom McDonnell: TASC made a short submission last week to the Labour Court review of the JLC wage agreement mechanisms. The submission is available …
Minimum Essential Budgets
Nat O'Connor 10/02/2012
Nat O'Connor: The TCD Policy Institute recently published a volume by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Dr Micheál Collins, which …
Thomas Palley on a global minimum wage system
22/07/2011
Thomas Palley is Bernard L. Schwartz Economic Growth Fellow with the New America Foundation. This piece was originally published in the FT …
Cut Rents not Wages to Save Jobs in Retail
Nat O'Connor 23/06/2011
Nat O'Connor: Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) has released a survey of their members, which they contend shows that abolition of the JLC system would …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
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Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …