Fórsa has secured an agreement with the Department of Education and Skills affecting school secretaries employed by the education and training boards.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone convened a consultation event on the future direction of the School Completion Programme (SCP) in January.

The Cathaoirleach of Fórsa’s Education division has met with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to discuss a new training proposal designed by the union to address the lack of training opportunities for administrative staff working in higher education.

A government analysis of the number and pay position of public service ‘new entrants’ is to be published by the end of March, following pressure from ICTU’s Public Services Committee.

Pilot studies established to test the feasibility of allowing civil and public servants to convert some of their leave into flexitime are expected to commence this month and conclude in June.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions latest annual survey into executive pay warns that rising executive pay in the private sector will inevitably lead to a rise in wider inequality.

Fórsa has written to the Low Pay Commission to endorse the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ (ICTU) call for the statutory minimum wage to increase by at least 3%.