For the vast majority of people in minimum and low wage jobs, there is no training, no development opportunities and no support to move onwards or upwards. Combine this with poor schooling and a social environment that does not value work, and the end result is that few people with develop beyond a low wage environment.
If low wages was the answer to an economic recovery countries like Somalia would be economic superpowers.
The dole rate of €5.50 an hour acts as a protection against exploitation. The minimum wage at the highest after tax minimum wage in the EU acts as a barrier to job creation.
In reality, the dole rate is a lot higher.
http://www.welfare.ie/syndicatedcon...upplementary-welfare-schemes/rent_supplement/
A single person in Dublin can get €529 per month in rent supplement which works out at in excess of €3 per hour.
This means the dole rate is at least €8.50 per hour. Probably more when you cost the other benefits they may receive.
Reducing the minimum wage is meaningless when the current minimum wage is similar or less than the dole rate.
In reality, the dole rate is a lot higher.
http://www.welfare.ie/syndicatedcon...upplementary-welfare-schemes/rent_supplement/
A single person in Dublin can get €529 per month in rent supplement which works out at in excess of €3 per hour.
This means the dole rate is at least €8.50 per hour. Probably more when you cost the other benefits they may receive.
Reducing the minimum wage is meaningless when the current minimum wage is similar or less than the dole rate.
And that is just using the figures for a single person.
My friend was unfortunate enough to lose his job at the start of the year and is now suriving on dole. He has 3 children and is getting €420 a week. He has a mortgage but if he was renting, according to your link he would be entitled to €1,100 a month.
In this case I think someone would have to take a job worth approx 40K a year to be better off.
Will there be many jobs at this salary on offer over the coming years?
Wow, your friend would get €673.85 a week plus the childrens allowance for three kids. That's a net income of €35'000 a year (plus childrens allowance which he would get anyway).
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