Over the past two weeks, Budget Day has come and gone, there has been a horrific escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine, and a strike by workers in the community and voluntary sector was averted hours before it was due to start.
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Fórsa has welcomed the Department of Public Expenditure’s Menopause Policy Framework which mandates all civil service organisations to implement a menopause policy by early 2024.
Earlier in 2023, Fórsa took a claim to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to seek to have the probation period for civil servants reduced from 12 months to 6 months.