The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has brought its advice on work attendance in line with the Government’s guidelines on living with Covid-19, which were published in mid-September.

Almost 200 people tuned into Fórsa’s webinar on remote working last Friday (25^th September), with workers and employers from across the public and private sectors joining the discussion. 

Fórsa is in talks with the Department of Foreign Affairs about working arrangements in the passport office. 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called on the Government to make sick pay provision mandatory for all workers in the country.

Fórsa has urged employers on both sides of the northern border to facilitate flexible working arrangements – including remote working – for staff who commute to work in different jurisdictions on the island of Ireland.

Irish unions are calling for the reversal of reductions in the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP).

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has withdrawn from the Low Pay Commission (LPC), the Government-established body that makes recommendations on the rate of the statutory minimum wage.