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Fórsa development school looms
by Bernard Harbor

 

 

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Minimum wage increase deferred
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Sign up for right to disconnect
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Save the Date: Traveller Network Event
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Marking time abolished under new rules
by Derek Mullen
 

Rules governing civil service starting pay, including starting pay on promotion, have been updated following talks with Fórsa. The deal brings welcome changes to starting pay, including the abolition of ‘marking time.’

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New Irish Aid officer grade
by Sean Carabini
 

Fórsa has entered the concluding phase of negotiations that will see a restructuring of the development specialist grade in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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Changes to P60 from January 2020
by Hazel Gavigan
 

From January 2020 employers will no longer be obliged to provide P60 documents to their staff. Instead, employees may have to access their P60 through Revenue’s online system, called myAccount.

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Fórsa wants pay mechanism for all grades
by Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird
 

The Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) has called for the reintroduction of a review body to examine pay for senior civil and public servants, in order to address recruitment and retention issues.

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HEO bilingual post competition widened
by Derek Mullen
 

Fórsa’s Civil Service divisional executive has agreed to widen a proposed HEO bilingual interdepartmental competition to the wider public service.

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