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Clare Restaurateur Insists Staff On Sub-Minimum Wage Not Exploited
Clare FM
English - June 22, 2024 09:41 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A Clare Restaurateur is rubbishing suggestions that hospitality staff earning sub-minimum wage in this county are being exploited.
It follows a protest held by Bar and Restaurant workers trade union, Mandate at Leinster House this week calling for the rates of pay below the hourly national minimum wage of €12.70 to be scrapped.
Currently, workers under 18 years of age can be paid €8.99 per hour in hospitality settings, 18 year-olds can receive €10.16 and 19 year-olds can be paid €11.43 per hour.
Owner of Monk's Restaurant in Ballyvaughan Patrick O'Donoghue says the system rewards employees for their experience.