The Tánaiste is making the case for Revenue to take over the collection of the TV licence fee, and there's reader reaction to Connect's dispute at the Coombe hospital, with reference to the new public service pay deal, in the Irish Times letters page.
In this week's Fórsa members' news bulletins there's news on the upcoming public service pay ballot here and here.
In this week's edition of Industrial Relations News there's coverage of the recommendation in favour of the new public service pay agreement by the four largest public service unions, and a report on the WRC proposals aimed at ending the dispute on the HSE's recruitment freeze, which is also covered in our Health & Welfare bulletin today.
IRN reports that the Labour Court has recommended Fórsa and Pobal "accept that an “agreed review” for ‘Early Years” specialists has been completed" and that they should engage with any remaining pay claim as a new claim.
Elsewhere, RTÉ reports that the WRC has completed a draft code of practice for employers and employees on the right to request flexible and remote working, and a report that DPER had to approve payment of €14,367 annual allowances for two senior state roles (including the role of CORU chief) after separate recruitment campaigns "failed to find a suitable candidate."
Your Zen moment this morning is an interesting long read about the world's scariest maritime crossing, the Drake Passage. It stretches more than 500 miles between South America and Antarctica.
It's the same stretch of water successfully navigated by Irishman Tom Crean in 1916, who crossed it in a lifeboat with Ernest Shackleton. One of the greatest small boat voyages of all time - it took 17 days to reach South Georgia - it was instrumental in saving the lives of their 22 colleagues back on Antarctica.
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