Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath has now raised the issue of public service pay and inflation at Cabinet earlier this week, and a formal engagement with his department’s officials is expected to get underway soon.

Fórsa nominees will take part in a workshop on 13th May to develop clinical guidance on assessment of need in the context of the recent High Court ruling on disability needs assessment. 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has again called on the Government to do more to protect workers’ living standards as the World Bank forecasted that energy and other commodity prices, which are currently driving inflation, are likely to remain “historically high” until 2024.

Fórsa members in the community and voluntary sector were told that it was time Government ministers showed them the respect they deserved after 14 years without any pay improvements.

A former Ryanair pilot in the UK has been successful in a ‘bogus self-employment’ claim against Ryanair at a British employment tribunal. The pilot was working as a contractor pilot, supplied to Ryaniar through McGinley Aviation (MCG).

Fórsa’s menstrual health survey closes at noon on Thursday 12th May. If you haven’t already, take five minutes out to fill in this questionnaire and inform the union’s policies and work in this important area.