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Housing costs hike living wage
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Women hit hardest by pandemic
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Biggest global climate change conversation
by Mark Corcoran
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Public service schools programme launched
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Grant scheme invites applications
by Mehak Dugal

 

 

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Update your contact details
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Join Fórsa online

 

 

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Fórsa: Here to support you

 

 

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Care services suffering ‘talent flight’
by Niall Shanahan
 

High staff exit rates of up to a third a year are damaging the quality of service delivery in Ireland’s community and voluntary sector in Ireland, according to a new report launched by Fórsa this week.

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Fitness to practise: Fórsa has your back
by Ryan McKinney
 

Fórsa provides free support, guidance and professional legal advice to health and social care professionals (HSCPs) who are subject to ‘fitness to practise’ complaints under CORU professional registration arrangements.

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Government sows confusion on Covid recognition
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa and other health unions have called for immediate engagement with the HSE following a Labour Court recommendation, which called on health employers to continue talks on recognition.

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HRA hours process resumes post-summer
by Bernard Harbor
 

The independent body established to make recommendations on the implementation of a Government commitment to resolve the issue of the so-called ‘Haddington Road hours’ resumed work this month, following the summer break.

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Childcare should be an affordable public service
by Mark Corcoran
 

Childcare is an essential public service that should be properly funded by the State, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said.

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Remote work talks get underway
by Bernard Harbor
 

Talks on a long-term framework for ‘blended working’ in the civil service got underway last Friday (24th September) and intensified this week.

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Ireland lags on employment for disabled
by Mark Corcoran
 

Ireland has the fourth lowest rate of employment in the European Union among people with a disability, according to a new study from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). 

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Court backs increment for refuge staff
 

The Labour Court has recommended that staff in the Wexford Women’s Refuge should be paid an increment for the first time in 11 years, after Fórsa took their case. It came after unions had raised the issue with management in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

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First female Labour Court chair honoured
by Niall Shanahan
 

Ireland’s Labour Court marked its 75th anniversary on 23rd September. The court’s prestigious history and crucial role in the development of the State was celebrated on social media on #IrelandThenAndNow.

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