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Union subs ceiling raised
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Call for green new deal
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Passport opens doors at work
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Employers join four-day week debate
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Palestinian youth tells of incarceration
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One Galway quiz night
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Unions warned of post-PSSA pay limbo
by Bernard Harbor
 

The possibility that no public service pay agreement will be in place to follow the current deal when it expires at the end of next year has been raised by Fórsa at a meeting of ICTU’s Public Service Committee, which represents most unions with members in the public sector.

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National archives ‘creaking under pressure’
by Bernard Harbor
 

NAMA, the National Treasury Management Agency, the Garda Ombudsman, and the children’s agency Tusla are among over 150 publicly-funded State bodies with no legal requirement to maintain and archive records for eventual release to the public under the ‘30 year rule’.

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Civil service gets top marks
by Bernard Harbor
 

Public perceptions of civil service efficiency, independence, trust and equality have all improved in the last two years, according to the results of the latest civil service customer service satisfaction survey.

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Huge underreporting of harassment revealed
by Hazel Gavigan
 

Just one in every five people who experience sexual harassment in their workplace report it, according to a new survey by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).

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Private pay rises three times faster than public
by Bernard Harbor
 

Average private sector wage growth was three times higher than in the public service in the year to September 2019. New figures, published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, showed that average weekly earnings rose by 3.9% in the private sector and 1.3% in the civil and public service.

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Forensic science roles agreed
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has reached an agreement with Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) to underpin clarity about the role of scientist grades, including the qualifications necessary to become an FSI scientist.

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Facilitation for border unit row
by Bernard Harbor
 

Unions and management have agreed to engage an independent facilitator to help seek a resolution to the dispute in Dublin airport's Border Management Unit. Fórsa members in the unit have balloted overwhelming for industrial action in a row over management’s refusal to pay a Sunday premium.

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