"Given the current cost of living crisis and consequent income pressures on workers, ICTU and its affiliate unions have been calling for a very significant rise in the minimum wage," ICTU said in a statement.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has described the €0.80 increase as inadequate and said its two nominees on the Low Pay Commission opposed the recommendation. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. We need your consent to load this rte-player content We use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. "For over six months we've called for, at a minimum, an increase of €1 to take the national minimum wage to €11.50 but as prices keep rising what’s needed now is a minimum wage closer to €12." She said that the "latest energy price increases announced in recent weeks means that there is a very real prospect of inflation breaching 10% and heading into double digits this winter". "Yet the value of the increase means that workers in 2023 will be worse off, in real terms, than they were in 2022." In a statement, she said: "We believe that wage rises are a critical part of what is needed to resolve the current cost of living crisis for workers. Labour Party spokesperson on employment rights Marie Sherlock said it was too little, too late. The Cabinet is expected to consider further proposals from the Tánaiste next month on the Living Wage plan. However, employers who opt to pay this wage from next year would pay staff €13.10 an hour. It is set to replace the minimum wage by 2026 and it will be set at 60% of the average wage. The commission also sets out an indicative rate for what is called a Living Wage. It recommends that additional measures are taken to support low paid workers.
This is one of the biggest increases in the minimum wage but the Commission has warned that the rate alone cannot compensate workers for inflation and recent increases in the cost of living.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will bring a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission to Government in the morning. The Cabinet is tomorrow set to approve an €0.80 rise to the minimum wage, bringing it to €11.30 per hour from the beginning of next year.
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