Tagged with: minimum wage
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 retaining tips a form of ‘wage theft’. The term wage theft is more prominent in other countries such as the USA and Australia where it has been a hot topic for several years. Wage theft refers to …
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 …
Report of the Independent Review of EROs and REA Wage-Setting Mechanisms
25/05/2011
The Report of the Independent Review of EROs and REA Wage-Setting Mechanisms is available here. Click here to read TASC's response. On behalf of the …
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Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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