Employers’ group urges national minimum wage to be frozen for at least two years

The national minimum wage should be frozen for at least two years, a group representing small and medium-sized businesses has said.

The employers’ group on Thursday hit back at trade unions who earlier criticised what they said was the “false perspective” being articulated about the rising cost of doing business due to new Government measures to benefit workers.

“While trade unionists are describing the labour cost adjustments as ‘modest’, the fact is that the open market has decided otherwise. They are anything but modest and any SME owner will confirm that fact.”

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