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Building Momentum FAQs: A new public sector agreement

 

 

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Government remote working strategy welcomed

 

 

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Fórsa supports mother-and-baby home survivors

 

 

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Members to vote on public service deal
by Bernard Harbor
 

Paid-up Fórsa members working in the civil and public service, and in non-commercial State agencies, will receive details of the voting arrangements in a ballot for a proposed new public service agreement next week.

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What’s in the proposed agreement?
by Bernard Harbor
 

If accepted, the proposed new public service agreement, Building Momentum, would run from January 2021 to December 2022. It allows for two pay increases, each worth 1% of annual salary or €500 a year, whichever is the greater.

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Fórsa raises workplace attendance concerns
 

Many public service employers are flouting official Government restrictions on workplace attendance under level five of Covid restrictions, according to Fórsa.

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Admin staff needed for vaccine roll-out
by Bernard Harbor
 

The HSE has been urged to immediately start recruiting temporary administrative staff to support the mass roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations from the end of this month.

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Childcare crisis resumes for essential staff
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa and other health unions have called for school places to be made available to essential health workers as soon as it can be done safely.

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Working time could be reduced next year
by Bernard Harbor
 

Civil and public servants whose working time was increased under the 2013 Haddington Road agreement (HRA) will see a reduction in their hours next year if the proposed new public service agreement is accepted in ballots of union members.

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New redeployment policy agreed
by Bernard Harbor
 

A revised re-deployment policy, covering the HSE, voluntary hospitals and other ‘section 38’ agencies, has been agreed with Fórsa and other unions. 

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