Labour Market Competitiveness 2013

This report, produced as part of the Action Plan for Jobs 2013, examines recent employment and unemployment trends; benchmarks Ireland’s labour cost competitiveness against our key competitors; and sets out a series of recommendations intended to enhance the operation of the labour market, and support employment creation.

The policy recommendations focus on those areas of domestic labour market policy where the State can have greatest impact, namely social welfare and replacement rates; sectoral employment agreements; the national minimum wage; and labour taxation.