RTE covers the auto-enrolment pension scheme, the details of which were published yesterday by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Under the system, a worker will be automatically enrolled in a pension scheme when they start a job. 

Members of the Defence Forces have voted to accept a €10m package of pay and allowance increases aimed at addressing staff shortages. The decision by members of Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORA) marks a major breakthrough in a long running dispute over pay and conditions for soliders.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have called on the Government to commit to passing the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill before Christmas. 

DCU's "The College View" is exploring all things four day week in this piece.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has warned that overcrowding in mental health services in Waterford is putting staff and patients under ‘intolerable pressure’ despite repeated warnings from the association.

This piece by The Times follows the announcement that footballers in Spain’s top division will begin an indefinite strike on the weekend of November 16th-17th. There was a 93 per cent vote in favour of strike for better professional standards and pay

SIPTU is meeting with Bord Na Mona later this week over the future of jobs in the Midlands.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned that there will be “a curtailment of service”, up to and including an all-out strike, should the Government fail to produce concrete proposals by next Thursday (November 7) to reverse recession era pay cuts.

PhD students in UCD are organising to fight for better working conditions. ‘Anti-Casualisation UCD’ has been formed by UCD PhD students in order to combat what they claim are unjust working conditions, as well as seeking to address the severe quality of life issues that are faced by PhD candidates in Ireland. 

Meanwhile, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), alongside trade union SIPTU, are calling on third-level institutes to agree to protect the rights of postgraduate students as workers. The two bodies have launched a joint lobby document in order to push colleges and universities to ensure postgraduates are paid for their work.

The Specials bring us our zen this morning with Ghost Town

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