Fórsa is conducting an industrial action ballot among its members in Dublin airport's Border Management Unit in a dispute over management’s refusal to pay a Sunday premium.

Phase 1B of the civil service mobility scheme is now open for applications. This phase allows for the movement of clerical and executive officers within Dublin.

Fórsa understands that the Government is putting resource arrangements in place to give civil servants access the Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission.

A timetable for negotiations on the implementation of a civil service arbitration finding, which effectively backed Fórsa’s claim over the unilateral withdrawal of accelerated increments in the Central Statistics Office (CSO), has been agreed with management.

Discussions on the staff implications of the forthcoming separation of the Data Protection Commission from its parent department are taking place.