Employers, who normally share with the worker welfare costs amounting to nearly 42% of gross wages, would pay a flat-rate contribution of 25% on jobs up to euro400, reduced to 12% for mini-jobs (cleaners and au pairs, for example) in private households.
More than a quarter of those in the lowest-income quartile who had previously not been successful under the 3% default contribution rate would be successful under the 6% rate.
Political opponents accused the Working Families Party of running Data and Field Services as a cut-rate political consultancy for its candidates, essentially giving those contenders an in-kind campaign contribution without disclosing it to the public.