Subsistence rates in the telecoms company eir are to be restored to their value after management conceded a Fórsa claim. The restoration will take place in two stages, with 34% due from 1st January 2018 and the rest from 1st July 2018.

 

Meanwhile, the union has complained that new on-call and call-out rates, which were agreed in November 2016, have still not been posted on the eir intranet. Some staff are now owed arrears. A copy of the agreement has been forwarded to HR in Tech Mahindra, where the union also has members.

 

In other news, Ian Patel was elected branch chairperson, John Fay was elected branch secretary, and Barry Sweeney was elected branch treasurer at the eir AGM, which took place last month.