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New divisional strategy endorsed
by Mehak Dugal
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Unions make remote working work better
by Mehak Dugal
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Farewell to Dessie
by Éamonn Donnelly
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Local authorities key to affordable housing
by Mark Corcoran
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Unions mark public service day
by Mehak Dugal
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Fórsa backs living wage for all
by Mehak Dugal
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Summer Series a success
by Mark Corcoran
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Concerns expressed over bogus self-employment
by Mehak Dugal
 

A newly-established working group on the determination of employment status met this week to discuss false self-employment and potential to improve systems to determine correct employment status for workers.

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Ryanair pay acceleration sought
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has sought an acceleration of pay restoration for its members in Ryanair due to the increased cost of living. 

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Pay talks: Unions await WRC move
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa and other public service unions are expecting contact from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told RTÉ that the Government was prepared to make an improved offer in pay talks.

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Domestic violence supports urgently required
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has backed the growing calls for domestic violence leave legislation. The union’s national secretary Ashley Connolly said the Covid-19 pandemic had exposed the need for a better response to victims of domestic violence.

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Most union members are women
by Mehak Dugal
 

Union membership is becoming an increasingly female phenomenon, as there are now more women than men in trade unions. That’s according to the latest findings from the UCD Smurfit business school.

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Next week sees end of Haddington hours
by Bernard Harbor
 

Additional working time introduced in the public service in 2013 will no longer be worked with effect from next Friday (1st July), when hundreds of non-commercial semi-state staff will see their working time restored to pre-austerity levels.

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Health and safety recognised as a right
by Mark Corcoran
 

The International Labour Conference (ILC), organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has recognised occupational health and safety as the fifth fundamental principle and right at work.

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