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Fórsa executive meets for first time
by Bernard Harbor

The Fórsa National Executive Committee met for the first time on 18th January. Writing to the union’s branches afterwards, the three Fórsa joint presidents described it as an historic occasion.

 

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IMPACT concludes lobbying
by Niall Shanahan

The final report on lobbying activity by IMPACT trade union was submitted to the regulator in January. Fórsa has informed the regulator that IMPACT has ceased lobbying. Fórsa will be registered as a new lobbying organisation.

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Flu jab survey
by Niall Shanahan

In the last edition of the news bulletin we asked Fórsa members “Should healthcare professionals be compelled to have the flu vaccine?”

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Flexitime pilot to commence
by Bernard Harbor
 

Pilot studies established to test the feasibility of allowing civil and public servants to convert some of their leave into flexitime are expected to commence this month and conclude in June.

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More promotion posts opened
by Derek Mullen
 

A new ratio of promotions to open recruitment, means an additional 10% of civil service executive officer (EO) posts will be filled by promotion in future.

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New higher clerical officer scales
by Derek Mullen

The number of civil service higher clerical officer scale posts will increase this year and next year.

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New entrant report for spring?
 

A government analysis of the number and pay position of public service ‘new entrants’ is to be published by the end of March, following pressure from ICTU’s Public Services Committee.

 

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Pre-Haddington Road hours
by Sean Carrabini

We’ve received a number of queries about our report on the opportunity for civil servants to opt to revert to pre-Haddington Road hours, which appeared in the last Fórsa News Bulletin (18th January 2018).

 

 

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Fórsa raises allowance anomaly
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has been in discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) over an anomaly that has arisen regarding increases in the value of certain allowances in the civil and public services.

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Coastguard staffing and safety raised
 

Fórsa has written to coastguard management seeking confirmation that the service has enough professional and technical staff to provide a safe and efficient response to emergency incidents in Irish coastal waters.

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Executive pay fuels inequality
by Diarmaid Mac A Bhaird
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions latest annual survey into executive pay warns that rising executive pay in the private sector will inevitably lead to a rise in wider inequality.

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