In its 2026 budget, presented on 7 October, the Irish government accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission report on the minimum wage. The minimum wage will therefore rise from €13.50 to €14.15 gross per hour from 1 January 2026, an increase of 4.8%. However, it will not reach the level of the ‘living wage’ or minimum subsistence wage, as the executive had hoped. Introduced in 2022 to gradually replace the minimum wage by 2026, the living wage corresponds to 60% of the median...
Ireland: minimum wage to rise by nearly 5% on 1 January 2026
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