About one in three workers on minimum wage moved to higher paying jobs within nine months, a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. “Over a nine-month period, approximately 30 per cent of minimum wage employees transitioned to higher pay, with 18 per cent staying on the minimum wage,” the ESRI said. Minimum wage workers are also more likely to lose their jobs than higher paid employees, according to the study. Dr Donal De Buitléir, chairman of the Low Pay Commission, which aids the Government in setting the minimum wage, welcomed the report. He said it provided much-needed information on the factors that influenced minimum wage workers’ ability to change to better paid jobs.

Source: The Irish Times October 03, 2018 04:07 UTC