Health service staff are due to receive their next union-negotiated pay and pension levy boosts from 1st January. Under the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA), pay will go up by 1%.

Career progression for health service staff will be the top priority for Fórsa’s Health and Welfare Division in 2019, according to its national secretary Éamonn Donnelly.

Half of all health and social care professionals (HSCPs) identified inadequate staffing levels as their top concern at work in a recent survey.

Three significant changes to the public service ‘additional superannuation contribution,’ which replaced the so-called pension levy under the Public Service Stability Agreement, come into force on 1st January.

There is renewed hope that the Oireachtas will pass legislation allowing public servants to retire after age 65 before the Christmas recess.

A survey of 590 Fórsa members over the age 60 has highlighted the benefits of being a retired Fórsa member.