FAO: Clerical Admin / Managerial Fórsa Members in the health service (HSE, Public Voluntary Hospitals, Disability and Other Specialist Health Agencies

Dear Members,

I am writing to you ahead of the escalation of your industrial action tomorrow. As per the letter sent to you on 19th of October when the union served notice of this escalation, the following additional instructions apply, from your normal starting time, on Friday 27th of October:

• Members should decline, unless normally rostered, to work over weekends and / or bank holidays.
• Members should not use their work allocated mobile phone outside of their normal working hours unless it is for emergency purposes.
• Members should not take direction or report to an agency worker from Grade V or above.
• Members should not work outside their agreed contract working hours unless in receipt of agreed overtime rates (this does not include flexi time).
• Members in the eastern region where IFMS has been implemented should continue to carry out their roles and functions. They should not cooperate or engage in relation to the further roll out of this program or any new functionality beyond what has been implemented as of 19th October 2023.
• Members working across the IFMS should not cooperate with any external agency in relation to IFMS workload.
• Members should not engage in communications with the CTTO and CISO Office.
• Members should not cooperate with HealthIrl Computer Domain Migration Project and /or other reform projects.

These instructions apply in addition to the instruction in place since 6th of October. You can view the FAQ related to this dispute here. Should you have any further questions please contact your local branch representative or write to healthandwelfareinfo@forsa.ie.

Together our collective action demonstrates the strength of our union. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment to this industrial action and urge you to ask your colleagues who are not yet union members to join today. 

In solidarity,

Ashley Connolly.

Head of Health & Welfare Division.