Fórsa has received confirmation that the pay increases due under the Building Momentum agreement will be paid out to most health staff before Christmas.

Fórsa has welcomed the news that a Chief Health and Social Care Professional Officer role has been created within the Department of Health.

Fórsa has welcomed the imminent publication of a Blended Working Policy for the Public Health Service. The policy covers all employees in the HSE and Section 38 organisations.

Fórsa’s Galway Health and Local Government branch made a presentation last month to the very first recipient of their solidarity bursary.

Fórsa is supporting a Bill calling for the introduction of a reproductive health leave scheme to support members managing early pregnancy loss, fertility treatments and other reproductive health related matters.

This week Fórsa bid a very fond farewell to former union president Ann McGee as she finished her work with the union’s strategic organising team to take up a post with Siptu.

The Commencement Order for the Sick Leave Act 2022 was signed last week (29th November) by the Tánaiste, and Minister for of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar.

Fórsa has donated over half a million euros to charities and organisations across the globe this year.