Ennis Chamber of Commerce claims businesses in the town will be forced to close if the government presses ahead with plans to reform the payment of sick pay.
The State currently pays the cost of sick leave for workers absent for more than three days, but Social Protection Minister Joan Burton is now seeking to have this extended to a month.
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She’s told the Dail that this would save the exchequer 89 million euro, but business groups warn that this would be a false economy, with smaller companies particularly vulnerable.
CEO of Ennis Chamber of Commerce Rita McInerney is calling on the Minister to re-think the plan.
