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Help provide Covid vaccines to developing world
by Mehak Dugal
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Gearing up for conference cycle
by Roisin McKane
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Post-pandemic seminars announced
by Mehak Dugal
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May Day rally calls for peace in Ukraine
by Mehak Dugal
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And the winner is…
by Niall Shanahan
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Fórsa unveils free will-writing service
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New contact numbers for Fórsa helplines
by Róisín McKane
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Government accepts HRA hours restoration
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has welcomed last week’s announcement that the Government has accepted an independent body’s recommendation that public service employees’ working time should be restored to pre-austerity levels with effect from 1st July.

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Building Momentum review gets started
by Bernard Harbor
 

Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath has said he will raise the issue of public service pay and inflation with the Cabinet within the next fortnight, and that he then expects talks with unions to get underway.

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Unions challenge Covid payment criteria
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa and other health unions have written to the HSE and health department seeking immediate engagement on concerns about how the Covid bonus payment is to be made, including qualifying and appeals criteria.

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Community service protest set for 3rd May
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa members in the community and voluntary sector will join Siptu and INMO members in a national day of protest on Tuesday 3rd May in response to what the unions describe as the “neglect and underfunding” of community sector services.

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Pilots to test blended work flexi-accrual
by Bernard Harbor
 

A civil service arbitration baord has ruled on a disagreement between Fórsa and management on how the accrual of flexitime for those with blended work arrangements should be piloted.

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Carers leave and flexibilities to be extended
by Mehak Dugal
 

New legislation that will give parents and other carers five days of unpaid leave for their caring responsibilities was signed off by Cabinet earlier this week. The work-life balance bill will extend leave to workers who need to take time off to provide personal care or support to a relative.

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Time to remember those killed at work
by Mehak Dugal
 

ICTU president and Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan will join representatives of the Government, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and employers’ bodies’ to mark ‘workers’ memorial day’ on 28th April.

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