Job evaluation ballot to commence
by Mehak Dugal
Fórsa is to ballot members for industrial action in an ongoing dispute with the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) over the introduction of a job evaluation system for clerical and admin staff.
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New Government should declare emergency over
by Bernard Harbor
More than a decade since the economic crash, public service pay and conditions are still being framed by an “emergency mind-set,” despite Ireland’s return to robust growth, exchequer finances and employment rates, according to Fórsa’s general secretary.
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Council worker wins disability case
by Bernard Harbor
A county council has been ordered to pay a former temporary clerical officer €1,000 for failing to fully engage with her following an occupational health report on her condition.
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Executives make hay on pay
by Mehak Dugal
Welcome to 2020, when it took just three days for the chief executives of FTSE 100 firms to earn more than ordinary UK workers will in the whole of the year, according to a new report from the High Pay Centre.
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Pay, working time, housing, a water referendum, local services and the climate crisis are among the issues that Fórsa has raised with the main political parties contesting general election 2020. And the union has developed materials to help local authority workers quiz election candidates who knock on the door to plead for their votes.
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