“If you’re a customer, you have the reassurance of knowing that any tip or service charge that you do leave goes to the staff.” Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has signed a new law to protect employees’ tips and service charges. Taking effect from December, the law means that if an employee is in receipt of a […]

3 years ago

Workers say the increase in pay would be “life-changing”. Dunnes Stores workers have lodged a pay claim with the company, seeking a minimum 7.7% pay increase for all workers. The union is also requesting an increase in annual leave days, improvements to staff discounts, and more full-time jobs. If they’re successful, the new pay scale […]

4 years ago

The war in Ukraine is set to cause inflation rates to increase further again. As the cost of living crisis continues to escalate, economic experts are now saying that Irish wages will struggle to keep up with the growing rates of inflation. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) published the analysis in its Quarterly […]

4 years ago

17% of workers have only claimed tax refunds once in their life. You could be due a sizable sum of cash and you might not even know it. More than 50% of people do not claim tax reliefs and refunds every year, even though they could earn around €1,250 by doing so. The statistic was […]

4 years ago

“The reality is the sector is facing a crisis of low pay and poor conditions.” SIPTU is calling on employers in the hospitality sector to pay their employees more to avoid further workforce shortages. The trade union believes that a combination of low pay and poor working conditions are key factors in the struggle to […]

4 years ago

34% of workers aged between 20-69 years have no pension outside of the State. 40% of Irish workers who do not have a pension said that they haven’t put one together as they “can’t afford” one. The statistic was published in a survey published by the Central Statistics Office on Thursday (27 January). 45% of […]

4 years ago