Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Greg Caffrey:

To expand on that, it is absolutely a disincentive for a young worker to be paid significantly lower than a comparative worker and it has a detrimental effect on their mental health and their well-being that they are being subjected to that unfair and unequal treatment in the workplace.