Fórsa has said it may have no alternative but to collapse the General council’s conciliation and arbitration system if DPER continues its current impasse and doesn’t respond to the union’s dispute resolution document at next week’s meeting. 

Fórsa says it is confident it will soon have official confirmation of the eligibility for workers across the civil service to access parental leave until their child reaches the age of 16.

Fórsa says its exclusion from the recent information gathering survey on the process of flexi-time accrual is hampering real progress of the practice. 

Fórsa members can now save 50% on their AA Roadside Rescue plan, through a new and exclusive union negotiated scheme.

The Fórsa Skills Academy is kicking off series of online training sessions later this month, providing information and guidance across a range of topics of interest and benefit to members, activists, and representatives.

Fórsa has said the union stands in solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers, and has criticised protests designed to intimidate those in direct provision and emergency accommodation.

Parents are being urged to sign up to the universal childcare subsidy, worth up to €22.50 a week or €1,170 a year per child, which is now available for all children up to age 15.