MESL 2017 Update Report
Issued: June 2017
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- MESL 2017 Update Report - (size : 1726k)
- MESL 2017 Appendix - (size : 541k)
- Summary of Key Points - MESL 2017 - (size : 692k)
- MESL 2017 Presentation - Introduction & Overview - (size : 599k)
- MESL 2017 Presentation - Changing Cost of an MESL - (size : 263k)
- MESL 2017 Presentation - Social Welfare - (size : 274k)
- MESL 2017 Presentation - NMW & MIS - (size : 319k)
- Note - MESL & CPI Changes - (size : 540k)
Summary
The report presents the cost of an MESL in 2017, and benchmarks the adequacy of current social welfare supports and the national minimum wage for a set of 12 common household types.
The minimum income needs of the households are analysed, assessing the income adequacy of social welfare supports and the minimum wage for multiple employment scenarios.
The Minimum Income Standard, the actual gross salary needed to enable an MESL is presented for the 10 working age household compositions, when living in an urban area, comparing the MIS salary requirement for households in social housing and in private rented housing.
The appendix, included with the report, provides detailed income calculation tables for each of the 12 household compositions in all the scenarios presented throughout the report.
Additional MESL Core expenditure tables and income scenarios are available in the Urban & Rural sections of the site.