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Fórsa warns community sector at risk of losing staff
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Esther lands top European trade union job
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Congress calls for EU directive on collective bargaining
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Unions back climate change strike
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Retired Members Group news
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Parental leave changes now law
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Fórsa backs motion for state agencies on pay
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa’s Services and Enterprises division backed a motion at its conference in Sligo last week, calling for any variation and improvements on the terms of the current public service agreement to be applied to all public servants irrespective of the sector in which they work.

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Gig economy a 'high tech sweatshop'
by Niall Shanahan
 

"Technology is pointing forward, but there is a substantial risk that workers are being re-directed to models of past exploitation. There’s no future in reducing employment to a high tech sweatshop."

 

Challenges remain for employment law to keep pace with changes in the economy and the workforce.

 

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Fórsa criticises Brexit planning
by Niall Shanahan
 
Eugene Gargan
Eugene Gargan

Proposing a motion to the Services and Enterprises conference in Sligo last week on the need for ongoing talks on Brexit planning, Eugene Gargan said the Government’s development of a Brexit response plan has been poor:

 

“While some contingency plans drawn up, they’ve been developed under the pretence of ‘nothing to worry about, it’ll all be ok’. That’s not good enough."

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Over 1,100 local election candidates back pledge
by Bernard Harbor
 

Ten national political parties, who between them fielded over 1,000 candidates in last week’s local elections, have signed up to a trade union pledge to increase local authority funding and restore local council powers in areas like housing, water and environmental protection.

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Domestic subsistence rates to rise
by Bernard Harbor
 

The standard domestic subsistence ‘day rates’ paid to civil servants who are out of the office on business are to increase by 10% from July. But overnight rates will remain the same.

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Marked time now abolished
by Bernard Harbor
 

A new circular on ‘starting pay on promotion’ will see the end of the practice of civil servants ‘marking time’ on pay scales after winning promotion.

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Public service employment peaks
by Bernard Harbor
 

The number of civil and public servants reached 330,500 in 2018. 

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