Press Archive
Labour will continue to deliver fairness and decency in the workplace
Thu Feb 11, 2016 - 05:02 pm
This Government’s package of legislation to improve workers’ pay and conditions has brought about the most significant shift in the industrial relations landscape in many years, and it would not h...Labour's vision is not just for full employment, but for fair employment - Nash
Tue Feb 9, 2016 - 10:35 am
Speaking at the launch of ‘Launching a Skills Revolution’ - Labour’s plan for a living wage and investing in skillsJobs are at the heart of this election campaign. Decent well paid jobs lift fam...Slab Murphy not standing in general election, but Gerry Adams is
Wed Feb 3, 2016 - 04:43 pm
While the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, wants to pretend that the case of his friend Slab Murphy is irrelevant to the General Election campaign, the fact is that the nature of their relationship i...Minister Nash welcomes continuing fall in unemployment figures
Tue Feb 2, 2016 - 03:13 pm
Jobless total at its lowest rate in seven years of 8.6%The Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has welcomed new figures that show the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in seven yea...Nash moves on next phase of examination of laws protecting employees
Thu Jan 14, 2016 - 12:24 pm
- Two experts to consider employee protections and interface between company and employment law - Company Law Review Group to review law and recommend ways to ensure better saf...Minister Nash welcomes steady decline in unemployment
Tue Jan 5, 2016 - 01:12 pm
The Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has welcomed new unemployment figures published today which show that unemployment is continuing to fall.The latest figures from the Central Stat...124,000 workers to benefit from tomorrow’s minimum wage increase
Thu Dec 31, 2015 - 11:30 am
Minister Nash marks introduction of new National Minimum Wage rate of €9.15Increase of 50 cent in hourly rate comes into effect tomorrow, January 1stThe Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash...Joan burton and Ged Nash welcome SSE living wage announcement
Thu Dec 10, 2015 - 09:33 am
The Tánaiste Joan Burton TD and the Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD joined SSE at its headquarters in Dublin today as it announced it is to become a Living Wage employer. This move...Minister Nash encourages interested parties to make submissions to Low Pay Commission on new round of work
Fri Dec 4, 2015 - 08:42 am
LPC examining preponderance of women on minimum wage, the appropriateness of sub-minima rates for young people and the rate of the National Minimum Wage The Minister for Business and Employment, Ged N...So who will you go into Government with Micheál?
Thu Dec 3, 2015 - 11:22 am
Martin gets ratty about the simplest of questions on RTE. On radio yesterday Micheal Martin declared he wouldn’t go into Government with Sinn Fein. He has indicated previously that he won’t go int...Minister Nash welcomes new data which shows Irish wages are up 2.7% - the highest growth since 2008
Thu Nov 26, 2015 - 02:53 pm
The Minister for Business & Employment Ged Nash TD has welcomed new data from the Central Statistics Office which shows that average weekly earnings increased by 2.7% in the year to Q3 2015. This ...Unemployment rate moves below 9% for the first time since 2008
Tue Nov 17, 2015 - 11:29 am
Over 135,000 jobs created since Action Plan for Jobs launched, and total number of people unemployed moves below 200,000 for the first time since end 2008Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash ...Low Pay Commission to examine the impact of Minimum Wage on young people and on women
Tue Nov 10, 2015 - 11:49 am
The Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has requested that the Low Pay Commission undertake an examination of the impact of the National Minimum Wage on two sectors, young people and wome...Minister Nash publishes report on zero hours contracts
Tue Nov 3, 2015 - 02:35 pm
Study finds zero hours contracts are not extensively used in Ireland – however, emergence of “if and when” contracts identifiedThe Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has this after...Minister Nash welcomes drop in unemployment rate to 9.3%
Tue Nov 3, 2015 - 01:19 pm
The Minister for Business & Employment Ged Nash TD is welcoming the continuing fall in the rate of unemployment. According to the Central Statistics Office the unemployment rate for October is 9...