The Government must bring forward plans to link unemployment benefits to previous pay levels. That’s the call from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions who want the current flat-rate Jobseeker’s Benefits system to be scrapped. Michael Taft is an Economic Researcher for SIPTU and he joined Ciara on the show this morning with more on this.
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