A team of researchers have been appointed by the Labour Employment Economic Forum (LEEF) through the Shared Island Unit of the Department of An Taoiseach, to review the current conditions of the island of Ireland labour market.

Workers in the region are invited to participate by sharing their experiences via the following brief online survey. You can take part here.

The purpose of the research is to provide an updated evidence base and analysis of the current all-island labour market conditions with a specific focus on the following factors in both jurisdictions and their impacts on the operation of the labour market across the island: personal taxation, pension entitlements and portability, social welfare systems, qualifications, skills, cross-border worker mobility, the changing world of work (i.e., remote / hybrid working), collective bargaining and trade union coverage.

The team includes Maureen O’Reilly who is an independent Economist, Annmarie O’Kane who leads the Border People project with the Centre for Cross Border Studies, Seamus McGuinness and Anne Devlin from the ESRI and Rose Tierney, a cross border accountant and tax specialist.

More information is available here.

All contributions are anonymous. The survey is open until Monday 4th December. For further information please contact Annmarie O’Kane borderpeople@qub.ac.uk.