Pay deal looks set for success
Public Services Committee to meet on 18th September
by Bernard Harbor
The new Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) looks set to gain majority union support when the ICTU Public Services Committee (PSC) meets on 18th September. Voting strength at the PSC reflects each union’s membership in the public service, and strong support in ballots of IMPACT, Siptu, AHCPS and TEEU members have already virtually guaranteed a majority in favour.
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Progress on IOT fixed-term posts
IMPACT won a commitment to the regularisation of various posts during the recent pay talks.
by Bernard Harbor
The Department of Education and Skills has advised institutes of technology to offer permanent contracts to non-teaching fixed-term staff who are currently in “posts which would be considered as permanent positions.”
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Temporary health staff need support
HSE and other employers now hiring permanent clerical and admin staff after a decade of recruitment restrictions
by Bernard Harbor
IMPACT is currently in negotiations in a bid to ensure that temporary staff who are unsuccessful in forthcoming interviews for permanent posts keep their current jobs in the health service. And the union is urging temps to join in order to strengthen its hand in the talks.
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Childcare cash and paid leave demanded
IMPACT pre-Budget submission calls for two months’ paid parental leave from 2018
by Bernard Harbor
The Government should allocate an extra €125 million in next year’s Budget, and at least €625 million extra over the next five years, to ensure that Ireland meets the OECD average spend on early childhood care and education by 2022, according to IMPACT.
In a costed pre-Budget submission, the union also called for two months’ paid parental leave to be introduced from next year, at an extra cost of €84 million.
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