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Thu 08 Aug 2008Wage increases higher than EU average in 2007
IRISH WAGES:IRISH WORKERS enjoyed higher wage increases than their counterparts across Europe in 2007, with pay rises for Irish workers running far ahead of the EU 15 average.
Ireland has one of the lowest gender wage differentials in Europe, at less than 10 per cent, according to new data published by Eurofound's European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO). The survey also reveals that, for the first time in many years, the rate of wage increase for civil servants actually fell below the national average in 2007.
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