Fórsa and other unions representing local authority water staff have called for immediate political intervention to make employers honour commitments to fill vacancies in council water services.

Fórsa has welcomed a Government commitment to introduce paid leave for survivors of domestic violence under the a new Work-Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022.

Responding to this week’s Budget announcements, Fórsa said the future of the Irish workplace is being shaped by how working families with young children are forced to weigh the cost of childcare against entering or returning to the workplace.

The Government has announced a series of reforms to the state pension system, which will see the introduction of a new flexible pension age.

While Budget 2023 contains several positive measures, it falls short in terms of protecting low-paid and low-income households from the highest inflation rates in almost four decades.

Fórsa members in Ability West (Galway), Western Care (Mayo), St. Joseph’s Foundation (Cork) and Enable Ireland (Cork and Kerry) took part in three days of strike action last week.