Senior management dealing with PeoplePoint have agreed to union input into a survey they intend to conduct, and have invited Fórsa onto the steering group guiding the work.

Following discussions with Fórsa, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has told civil service departments that managers should not be informed about staff ‘Bradford factor’ scores.

Fórsa has questioned why the Revenue Commissioners don’t use more directly-employed staff to provide IT services after it was revealed that it gave over €33 million to seven IT consultancy firms last year.

The Public Service Pay Commission is now expected to make its initial report on professions and grades experiencing recruitment and retention difficulties at the end of July.

The maximum unpaid parental leave entitlement of 18 weeks per child could rise to 26 weeks if the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017, which passed through the Dáil last week, becomes law. The Bill, which was put down by the Social Democrats, would also extend the threshold for parental leave from eight years of age to 12.

Do you want to help people impacted by mental health difficulties? Perhaps you have three hours a week to spare? If so, Aware urgently needs your help.

Organisations with fewer women in senior roles are losing out on the widest range of talent available to them, according to Fórsa president Ann McGee.

Met Éireann’s decision to row back on a recruitment pay package following pressure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has been criticised as “a shambles” by Fórsa official Andy Pike.

In this episode we cover the Roscommon industrial action, concerns over plans to establish a single water facility, Fórsa retired members' benefits and more.

Presented by Hazel Gavigan and Diarmaid Mac a Bhaird.