Fórsa has rejected a management denial of recruitment and retention difficulties in Ireland’s health and social care professions (HSCP). This followed publication of the final report of the Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC), which said health sector management insisted there were no difficulties in recruiting and retaining the health professional staff it examined.

Fórsa is awaiting a Labour Court decision on a dispute over line management functions in the children's disability area, after direct talks between the union and the HSE ended without agreement.

Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the Trade Union Congress will be among the speakers at Fórsa’s first global solidarity school, which takes place in Dublin on the 15th and 16th November.

From January 2020 employers will no longer be obliged to provide P60 documents to their staff. Instead, employees may have to access their P60 through Revenue’s online system, called myAccount.