Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath has told his officials to engage with unions after unions triggered the review clause of the Building Momentum public service agreement. The two sides are expected to meet for an initial engagement next week.

All civil servants will have the right to apply for remote or blended working under a new framework agreed between Fórsa and the Department of Public Expenditure and reform (DPER).

Fórsa has welcomed the establishment of a working group to work on a menstrual policy for civil servants in Ireland. The decision follows news that civil servants in Northern Ireland will be provided greater support under a new agreed policy.

The professional body for human resource professionals has urged employers to consider whether their staff should continue working from home.

It will now become mandatory for all employers to provide sick pay to employees under new laws signed off by the Cabinet last week. The Sick Leave Bill 2022 will introduce a statutory sick pay scheme for all employees phased in over four years.

Fórsa has completed an operational review of the union’s progress in the three years since it was created in January 2018.

The Government has outlined details of a new auto-enrolment occupational pension scheme targeted at workers who don’t currently have any pension provision other than the State pension.