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Congress calls for EU directive on collective bargaining
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Unions back climate change strike
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Parental leave changes now law
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Retired Members Group news
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Marked time now abolished
by Bernard Harbor
 

A new circular on ‘starting pay on promotion’ will see the end of the practice of civil servants ‘marking time’ on pay scales after winning promotion. The new arrangement will also introduce a more simplified approach to starting pay on promotion across the civil service.

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Domestic subsistence rates to rise
by Bernard Harbor
 

The standard domestic subsistence ‘day rates’ paid to civil servants who are out of the office on business are to increase by 10% from July. But overnight rates will remain the same.

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Over 1,100 local election candidates back pledge
by Bernard Harbor
 

Ten national political parties, who between them fielded over 1,000 candidates in last week’s local elections, have signed up to a trade union pledge to increase local authority funding and restore local council powers in areas like housing, water and environmental protection.

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Esther lands top European trade union job
by Niall Shanahan
 

Former Irish Congress of Trade Unions official, Esther Lynch has been elected Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
Esther was elected to the top job last week by delegates at the 14th ETUC Congress in in Vienna, Austria.

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Public service employment peaks
by Bernard Harbor
 

The number of civil and public servants reached 330,500 in 2018. This is above the previous peak of recent times, which was reached in 2009.

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