The Minister for Finance has ruled out introducing measures to force employers availing of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme to top-up their employees' subsidy payments.
Paschal Donohoe was responding to a Parliamentary Question from Labour Finance Spokesperson Ged Nash who asked whether he planned to introduce compulsory top-up payments similar to comparative EU wage subsidy schemes.
The Minister noted that the TWSS is predicated on the employer wanting to keep the employees on the payroll and to retain them until business picks up, and highlighted the speed at which the scheme had been set up to bring financial assistance to businesses and workers.