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Webinar on climate change and automation    
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Unions welcome wage floor appeal
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Unions oppose social media hate campaigns
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Union guidance for remote working
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Fórsa: Here to support you
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Parental leave change is bare minimum
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has criticised a recent Government announcement to improve parental leave provision as the “bare minimum,” which Ireland is obliged to introduce under European law.

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Fórsa presses for detail on schools
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has pressed the Department of Education and Skills (DES) to provide clarity on the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) – like face visors and coverings, gloves and aprons – ahead of the proposed reopening of schools in late August.

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Guidance on college openings welcomed
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has welcomed the publication of guidance on re-opening higher education and further education campuses to staff and students for the start of the coming academic year.

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Flexitime resumption sought as workers return
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa is insisting that flexitime be reinstated for civil and public servants who have returned to workplaces following the Covid-19 emergency and are now back on their normal hours and work patterns.

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Unions shape response to economic crisis
 

Fórsa has given a guarded welcome to yesterday’s announcement of the largest ever Government-funded stimulus package, which will see over €7 billion pumped into the economy – mostly in the short-term – through supports to businesses and incomes.

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New manifesto for education support staff
by Mehak Dugal
 

The international trade union federation Public Services International (PSI) has launched a new ‘manifesto’ in a bid to highlight the contribution of education support staff, and place them at the centre of a “new vision of schooling” in a post-pandemic world.

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Leave required to cover quarantine
by Bernard Harbor
 

New official guidance has clarified that civil and public servants who return from non-essential overseas travel must take annual leave or unpaid leave to cover the subsequent quarantine period.

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