Jerry spoke to Dr Laura Bambrick of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. ICTU says the government has included a ‘stealth cut’ to the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit in its social welfare bill. Congress says it discovered that the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit won’t be included in the general rate increase to core social welfare payments announced in last month’s budget. ICTU says this isn’t faire as workers are paying extra PRSI to fund this new payment, which is intended to insure them against a collapse in income in the first weeks after losing their job.
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