Senior Economist with @NERI_research. Independent Expert on 'Good Jobs' to NI Minister for Economy. Views expressed here are my own.
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Dr Lisa Wilson retweeted
No one experiencing domestic abuse should ever have to choose between their safety and their financial security.
Today I have set out clear decisions on how this important new employment right will work.
All eligible employees and workers will be entitled to 10 days of Safe Leave, paid at their normal rate of pay, whether they work full-time or part-time. It will be available from the first day of employment and can be taken flexibly, including in half-days.
It is my intention this new right will be in place from April 2027.
#domesticabuseawareness #safeleave #domesticabuseawarenessweek
Economy Minister Dr @CArchibald_SF has announced how a new right to 10 days’ paid Safe Leave will operate for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, as part of her Good Jobs agenda.
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Dr Lisa Wilson retweeted
‘Real earnings in 2023 were no higher than 2006, so almost all of this real increase has come in the last three years.
Real earnings increased by £23 (3.1%) in 2026, following rises of £20 (2.8%) in 2025 and £6 (0.9%) in 2024. This follows falls of 3.7% in 2022 & 0.7% in 2023.’
Dr Lisa Wilson retweeted
New rights are strengthening support and recognition for families affected by pregnancy and baby loss.
Economy Minister Dr @CArchibald_SF and Louise Taylor from @LFMNTrust explain what these changes mean for families, including the new day-one right to paid miscarriage leave.
▶️ Watch below
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New research examining the experiences and working conditions of low-paid employees in the north has been welcomed by Economy Minister Dr @CArchibald_SF who said it underlines the importance of her ‘Good Jobs Bill’
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Published today: Working Life on Low Pay in Northern Ireland, from the Working in Ireland Survey 2025. What a week's work pays, who the low paid are, and what their jobs are like. workinginirelandsurvey.com/o…
The wage floor still needs to rise. But it won't reach the two-thirds of the low paid already above it. For them it's hours, and how work is organised in the sectors where low pay is concentrated.
Co-written with John Geary, Hugh Creaton, David Jordan, Juliet Hassard, María Belizón and Chris Smart. Fieldwork by Ipsos B&A. Full report: workinginirelandsurvey.com/o…
Northern Ireland has made real progress on low pay... but it isn’t enough belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…
We'll publish a sister report to this one covering Northern Ireland next week
Our new report, Working Life on Low Pay in Ireland, was out yday. It looks at how many workers are low paid in ROI on their weekly take-home pay, who they are, and what their jobs are like. Based on the Working in Ireland Survey 2025. You can read here: workinginirelandsurvey.com/
Our new report, Working Life on Low Pay in Ireland, was out yday. It looks at how many workers are low paid in ROI on their weekly take-home pay, who they are, and what their jobs are like. Based on the Working in Ireland Survey 2025. You can read here: workinginirelandsurvey.com/
One in four are physically exhausted at the end of the working day most or all of the time. Nearly one in three struggle to make ends meet.