Fórsa has sought clarification on arrangements for weekend work for local authority workers after a virtual meeting of the union’s Local Government Divisional Executive Committee took place yesterday (Wednesday.)

Fórsa has updated its advice on coronavirus-related work issues for local authority workers and staff in the wider public service. The advice covers attendance at work (including for pregnant workers and those with health vulnerabilities), salary protections for those self-isolating, temporary staff transfers, childcare and more. Read it HERE.

Cultural institutions across the country were forced to shut their doors on 12^th March, in one of the earliest restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, Fórsa members and others in galleries and museums have been adapting to the new cultural landscape, and developing new ways to bring the arts to you in your home.

Fórsa this week published new guidance for health staff and other workers who are working in, or could be asked to work in, environments where there is a higher-than-average risk of contracting the coronavirus.