Employees working in a small business earn just under €35,000 per annum on average, according to findings of the Small Firms Association.
On such a wage packet workers are expected to work upu to 39 hours a week with 21 holiday days in the years. Two thirds of SME employees were found to have a sick pay scheme while 60 per cent belong to a company pension scheme.
The Small Firms Association survey also found that half of SFA member firms decreased their total pay bill last year by an average of 20 per cent.
