Image: Alamy Stock Photo Image: Alamy Stock Photo LINKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS to previous earnings would give rise to weaker financial work incentives unless capped or time-limited, research has found.
Last year, Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys confirmed an interim payment for unemployed people linked to previous PRSI contributions would not be introduced until 2023.The proposal would entitile people who were in long-term employment to a higher payment than the current standard payment, receiving a percentage of their salary for a specific length of time after becoming unemployed.
The report highlighted that there is at least as strong a case for also making maternity benefit and illness benefit pay-related.
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