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:
I do not have any figures on that but the training provided in national minimum wage and sub-minimum wage employments is not certified training. That training is facilitated by a co-worker who shows someone the ropes or is shadowed on the job for a day or two. After that, there is a demand and insistence from the employer to have that young worker at the same productivity level as comparable workers. If the worker is not at that level, he or she will be subjected almost immediately to disciplinary procedures. The National Training Fund and course criteria contained in that are predominantly around jobs that have a prerequisite training experience that pays above the national minimum wage.