Government under pressure on remote work
by Bernard Harbor
The Government is set to come under renewed pressure to negotiate public service-wide safeguards on remote working after Fórsa’s Civil Service Division last week added its voice to calls for a formal agreement on the issue. The union says a formal agreement is needed to ensure fair access to remote working arrangements across the civil and public service.
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Conscription of civilians into Gardaí resisted
by Bernard Harbor
Fórsa has said that legislation published earlier this month would strip civilians working in the police service of their civil service employee status and make them direct employees of An Garda Síochána instead.
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Face mask demand for social welfare offices
by Bernard Harbor
Customers going to shops, banks, hair salons and bookmakers are compelled by law to wear a face mask, but it’s not obligatory in busy social welfare offices that thousands of often-vulnerable people visit in the course of a week. Speaking at Fórsa’s civil service conference last week, the head of Fórsa’s civil service division, Derek Mullen, said: “These are places that members of the public must visit for essential business, including getting a basic income. They – and the staff who serve them – deserve the same protection and respect as shoppers and shop workers.”
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