Fórsa has updated its advice on coronavirus-related work issues for local council workers  and staff in the wider public service. The advice covers attendance at work (including for pregnant workers and those with health vulnerabilities), salary protections for those self-isolating, temporary staff transfers, childcare and more. Read it HERE.

New arrangements for a public service-wide mobilisation to tackle the Covid-19 virus and maintain essential public services were put in place on Wednesday (18th March 2020).

Fórsa and other unions have called on the Government to vastly improve income supports for tens of thousands of workers threatened with laid-offs because of the coronavirus crisis.

Fórsa’s biennial delegate conference has been deferred until November. The conference – where branches elect the union leadership and set policy for the next two years – was set to take place in Killarney in May.