ISME launch Q4 Trends Survey
The ISME Quarterly Business Trends Survey is an important part of our lobbying and representation. Please take a few minutes to respond based on your experiences of the fourth quarter of 2020 If you have trouble completing the form below...
Message from ISME CEO on upcoming EGM
Dear Member, As I notified you on 18th December last, ISME will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on the afternoon of Tuesday 26th January in order to vote on an administrative amendment to the ISME Constitution of 1999, as amended...
Minimum Wage has increased as of 1st January
The national minimum hourly rate has become €10.20 as of 1 January 2021. Category of Employee Hourly Rate Experienced Adult Worker €10.20 Under 18 €7.14 Aged 18 €8.16 Aged 19 €9.18 from 1 January 2021. The following categories of employees...
Episode one of “Covid: Against the Tide”
ISME in partnership with Gript and the Edmund Burke Institute are delighted to share episode one of "Covid: Against the Tide", a series looking at the unique challenges faced by Ireland's SME sector over the past year, and into 2021....
Statement from an Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar T.D.
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar T.D. has asked employers to facilitate their staff to work from home wherever possible at this critical time in our ongoing fight against Covid-19. “Christmas and New Year have...
The EU VAT e-Commerce Package – are you ready for 2021?
Significant changes to the VAT rules applying to e-commerce transactions, particularly online sales of goods, will take effect across the EU on 1 July 2021. Who will be affected by the changes? Any business making or facilitating online sales or...
Information on the last minute changes to EWSS
Following a late change on Friday evening to the Finance Bill by Finance Minister Paschal Donohue, employers claiming a subsidy under the scheme must now show a 30% reduction in turnover will occur for the period January 1 to June...
Brining staff on PUP back to work
There has been much coverage in the media recently reporting cases of workers resisting a return to work post lockdown. The Department of Social Protection have also had a small number of enquiries about how to manage situations where staff,...
Final November update from ISME CEO
Dear Member and Colleagues, We are now in the endgame of Brexit. Even in the unlikely event of a deal in December, it will not be comprehensive, and a lot of agencies will not be ready. Please do not leave...
‘Shop Local, not Just for Christmas’ campaign launched by ISME
Every €10 spent on Irish products generates more than €40 of benefit to local communities The campaign is for Christmas and beyond encouraging people to think local when they spend throughout the year ISME launched on 9th November its ‘Shop...
