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Unions counter employer complaints about labour costs

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Unions have pushed back against complaints from businesses about rising labour costs arising from a series of Government policy changes aimed at improving conditions for workers.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has described the labour market reforms as modest and has claimed perspective and balance is needed in the debate about the cost of doing business.

But ICTU general secretary, Owen Reidy, said most of the reforms merely bring Ireland into line with EU counterparts. "But PwC stated that business failures in 2023 were 27 per 10,000 which is nearly half the average of the previous 20 years at 50 per 10,000 including the period of the global economic crash," he said."We need to ensure our economy and labour market work for workers and not just businesses."

 

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