Fórsa has agreed to cooperate with the establishment of nine ‘learning sites’ to pilot new HSE community health organisation (CHO) structures.

Fórsa has disputed Government estimates that restoring pre-crisis working time in the civil and public service could cost the Exchequer over €600 million a year. The union’s Senior General Secretary Designate Kevin Callinan said the figure was at least 50% higher than Government estimates when the additional time was introduced in 2013.

Fórsa’s Health and Welfare Divisional Executive has opted to theme next week’s health conference around the issue of workplace mental health and the provision of mental health services to the public.

The Labour Court has strongly criticised Tusla in a recommendation on a dispute over the child and family protection agency’s attempt to outsource services at the Rathmines women’s refuge.

Public service management should work with unions to ensure that the introduction of new technologies does not lead to job losses or poorer services, according to Fórsa.

Most older workers will be unable to meet the target of 40 years’ worth of contributions to qualify for a full rate pension, which is set out in plans for pension ‘auto-enrolment’. 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has organised a briefing on tipping practices in the hospitality sector, and the union group ONE Galway’s campaign for legal changes on the issue.