Fórsa has successfully negotiated increases in the amount of bereavement leave available to special needs assistants (SNAs).

Fórsa has called for the abolition of the 72 hours and June obligations in the ongoing Special Needs Assistants’ (SNA) contract review discussions.

Fórsa has outlined several important issues to be addressed as formal discussions progress on the review of the SNA contract.

Fórsa is supporting a Bill calling for the introduction of a reproductive health leave scheme to support members managing early pregnancy loss, fertility treatments and other reproductive health related matters.

Fórsa successfully represented a school secretary based in a school in Munster, who was being pressurised to sign a contract which would have enshrined a retirement age of 66, without any objective justification for same.

The Commencement Order for the Sick Leave Act 2022 was signed last week (29th November) by the Tánaiste, and Minister for of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar.

Fórsa has donated over half a million euros to charities and organisations across the globe this year.

ICTU president and Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan led the trade union delegation at Monday’s meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum, the first meeting of its kind to take place since September’s Budget.