In this issue
Last chance to enter IMPACT members' draw to win a car
Public service pay on IMPACT agenda
Job evaluations back in health sector
Spotlight on early years’ services
Access to promotions demanded
Cabin crew health survey: almost 50% report illness during survey, but continued to work
Also in this issue
Would-be Taoisigh warned on NEPS
Union meets Kelly on Irish Water
Muno man in Manila
PSEU backs new union project
Harold O’Sullivan remembered
Trade unionist Richard O’Carroll commemorated
On the web
New Zealand bans zero-hour contracts – RTE website

Challenge likely to move to raise the State pension age – Irish Independent

Au pairs must be paid minimum wage, Ictu says – Irish Times

Childcare workers earn as little as €5,700 a year in State schemes – The Irish Times

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NEWS
Public service pay on IMPACT agenda
 
IMPACT has said there will be a case for accelerated pay recovery if the ‘fiscal space’ expands. Meanwhile, the union is preparing for talks on a new public service pay determination system, which will eventually replace the emergency ‘FEMPI’ legislation, which introduced pay cuts.
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Job evaluations back in health sector
by Bernard Harbor
 
The health service job evaluation scheme, which was suspended at the outset of the economic crash, is to reopen on 1st June following a successful IMPACT campaign. The scheme, which currently covers clerical and admin grades III to VI, offers staff the prospect of an upgrading if their job roles and responsibilities are found to have increased sufficiently.
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Spotlight on early years’ services
by Niall Shanahan
 
IMPACT’s education division conference has highlighted the need for professionalisation and better pay in the early years’ sector. Staff there are experiencing similar problems to special needs assistants, school secretaries and others groups that the union has successfully organised and represented.
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Access to promotions demanded
by Bernard Harbor
 
Andy Pike, IMPACT National Secretary.
Andy Pike, IMPACT National Secretary.
A civil service competition for promotions to higher executive officer (HEO) posts must be opened to technical and professional grades equivalent to HEO, IMPACT has demanded. Read more.
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Cabin crew health survey: almost 50% report illness during survey, but continued to work
by Niall Shanahan
 
A new survey reveals that almost half of Aer Lingus cabin crew work while they are sick, with over 25% of respondents saying they did so three or more times during the four-week survey period. IMPACT officials blame demanding new rosters and sick leave procedures.
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