Members in Fórsa’s local government and local services division are to vote on proposals for a new agreement to replace the sector’s ‘common recruitment pool.’

The gap between earnings in the public and private sectors narrowed between 2015 and 2018, despite the fact that significant restoration of crisis-era pay cuts took place in that period. A new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found that, in those years, the pay differential ranged from -3.8% to +7.1%, depending on how it’s measured.

Fórsa is hosting public meetings on its campaign for a four day working week in Limerick and Galway next week. The events are part of a series of regional meetings taking place following the launch of 4DWI (Four Day Week Ireland) in September.

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan has sought a meeting with Tánaiste and foreign minister Simon Coveney to discuss the union’s concerns about the escalating violence against social leaders and trade union activists in Colombia.

A tech company that ‘gender-proofed’ its recruitment adverts saw an 80% increase in the number of women recruited into technical positions, according to a new report on female participation in senior management roles.