Library staff have accepted Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recommendations on staffing levels and so-called ‘staffless’ library services.

Fórsa will outline concerns over plans to establish a single water utility at a meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on 5th July. The meeting comes on the heels of a verbal submission by Fórsa and other unions at an Oireachtas committee inquiry into the future of public water services last week, where Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) representatives outlined their concerns over Ervia proposals to establish a single public service utility by 2021.

The maximum unpaid parental leave entitlement of 18 weeks per child could rise to 26 weeks if the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017, which passed through the Dáil last week, becomes law. The Bill, which was put down by the Social Democrats, would also extend the threshold for parental leave from eight years of age to 12.

Contacts between unions and officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) on the ‘new entrant’ issue will continue over the summer, according to Fórsa senior general secretary Shay Cody.

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One in two young workers are struggling to cover their housing costs and are going without meals and other essentials to pay their rent according to a new survey from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

In this episode we cover the Roscommon industrial action, concerns over plans to establish a single water facility, Fórsa retired members' benefits and more.

Presented by Hazel Gavigan and Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird.