Fair Wages for All Ages

Fair Wages for All Ages – Abolish Sub-Minimum Wage

Mandate Trade Union is campaigning to end discrimination against young workers by abolishing the Sub-Minimum Wage, which is below the National Minimum Wage.

This mechanism creates an unfair, unequal, discriminatory treatment and exploitation of young workers, according to the Union.

The Sub-Minimum Wage directly discriminates against young workers as it provides for young workers to be legally paid significantly lower rates of pay than that the National Minimum Wage of soley based upon a Young Workers age.

The current National Minimum Wage is €12.70 per hour. However, a worker who is 19 years of age can be paid €11.43 per hour; 18 years of age €10.16 per hour; and under 18 years of age €8.89 per hour.

Please complete our survey to establish public attitudes on the current sub-minimum rates of pay for young workers.

As part of our campaign, Mandate Divisional Organiser, Greg Caffrey, and Mandate activist, Andrew Mannion, spoke to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Watch the video below from 44.30 mins.