A new Wage Subsidy scheme was announced in March which is aimed at allowing employers to pay their employees something during the current COVID pandemic. Some changes are being made to this scheme from May 1st – The changes will mean an 85% subsidy instead of 70% for lower paid workers and will also mean […]
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The cost of Covid-19 in Ireland – just in terms of unemployment support – is looking like it going to work out at around €1 Billion Euro every 3 weeks. The rate of unemployment in Ireland was running at around 4.5% in the last quarter of 2019. This was the lowest it had been since […]
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For some of those people still in work – there could be a change to the day that wages are paid into banks this week because of Bank Holidays. This year the May Day bank holiday in the rest of Europe falls on a Friday May 1st 2020 – while Monday May 4th 2020 is […]
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During the current Covid-19 crisis many people have become unemployed and probably many more will lose their jobs as the economy slows down. The Irish government has reacted quickly and introduced a range of measures to give financial aid to laid-off workers .We have carried out a comparison of the help available in Ireland compared […]
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The USC and Income Tax cuts announced in Budget 2018 took effect from January 1st 2018 – But just how much will your Take Home Pay Increase in 2018 ? (See figures for 2019 Take Home Pay Here) The changes will be so small – many people probably won’t even notice them. Summary of the […]
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