Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Minimum Wage, Cost of Living and Low Pay Commission Report: Engagement with ICTU

Dr. Laura Bambrick:

I do not know. I do not have the names of employers to reel off anyway, so the Chairman does not need to worry about cutting my mic. We know that it is 3% of all companies in the economy, but that those companies are more likely based in two sectors, the hospitality and retail sectors. I am not sure if there is a correlation between the size of the employment and the minimum wage. We hear a lot about the SME sector, but it is the bigger part of our economy. Most workers are in workplaces with fewer than 50 employees.

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