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Fórsa: Here to support you
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Covid-19: Guidance on returning to your workplace
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Joyful ode to workers
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Union guidance for remote working
by Bernard Harbor
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Survey winners named
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SNA allocations frozen for 2020-2021
by Niall Shanahan
 

SNA allocations for all mainstream classes have been frozen for the next school year, while new and developing schools have received new SNA allocations.

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Safety first call over return to work
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa and other unions have insisted that workers’ safety cannot be compromised as thousands of people return to workplaces under the Government’s ‘roadmap for reopening society and business’.

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Wellness Wednesdays on the way
by Roisin McKane
 

Wednesday week (28th June) will see the launch of a series of ‘wellness’ webinars for Fórsa members.

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Summer schools programme expanded
 

The HSE continues to contact SNAs to discuss allocating staff to students. The number of students linked with an SNA through the HSE process is now just over 600.

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Fórsa seeks more resources for HSA
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa has asked the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to develop a business case to determine the number of additional directly-employed inspectors it will need to ensure compliance with the ‘return to work’ safely measures.

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Employers must support remote workers
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has urged employers to ensure that line managers give proper support to staff who have to work remotely because of public health concerns.

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Private pay up most over five years
by Bernard Harbor
 

Increases in average weekly earnings in the public service continued to lag behind the private sector in the first quarter of 2020, according to new figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

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