- Read more: OECD Employment Outlook 2024: The Net-Zero Transition and the Labour Market
The OECD has published “OECD Employment Outlook 2024: The Net-Zero Transition and the Labour Market”. The OECD Employment Outlook provides an annual assessment of key labour market developments and prospects in OECD member countries. The report is available to download here.
- Read more: Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter: Annual Report 2024
The second annual report on “Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter” has been compiled by the ESRI in collaboration with financial services industry representative bodies. The report found that the proportion of women across senior levels at financial services firms has increased year-on-year in Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter signatory firms. The report is available to…
- Read more: The use of finance as a catalyst to develop a scaling ecosystem
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has published a report: The use of finance as a catalyst to develop a scaling ecosystem. The report provides recommendations for policy changes, based on the work of the Finance for Scaling Working Group, to promote and enhance the existing scaling options in Ireland. The report is available…
- Read more: Collective Bargaining and Economic Performance
The European Commission published Directive 2022/2041 on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union on 19th October 2022 and member states of the EU must transpose it into law by 15th November 2024. In addition to provisions on adequate minimum wages, the directive states that “each Member State in which the collective bargaining coverage rate…
- Read more: Labour Market Churn Q1 2024
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published new data: Labour Market Churn Q1 2024. The data is available here.
- Read more: The Equality Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Irish Labour Market
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published a report: The Equality Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Irish Labour Market. This report shows that employment levels rose post-pandemic, while unemployment and labour market inactivity generally fell. The authors note that “the overall recovery in the labour market post pandemic has been extraordinary…
- Read more: The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2024
Amnesty International have published: The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2024 This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. The report is available here.
- Read more: Live Register – March 2024
The Central Statistics Office has released results from the Live Register for March 2024. The Key Findings The full results are available here
- Read more: The Experience Economy – More than meets the Eye
Ibec have published an economic assessment report “The Experience Economy – More than meets the Eye”. This report emphasises the significance of the Experience Economy to Ireland’s economic landscape. According to the report, the ‘front of house’ aspects of the economy directly employs approximately 230,000 individuals, accounting for nearly 9% of total employment in the…
An Assessment of the Cumulative Impact of Proposed Measures to Improve Working Conditions in Ireland
Read more: An Assessment of the Cumulative Impact of Proposed Measures to Improve Working Conditions in IrelandThe Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) has published ‘An Assessment of the Cumulative Impact of Proposed Measures to Improve Working Conditions in Ireland’. This assessment has been carried out by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection, in line with a recommendation from the National…
