Enable Ireland staff get HRA protections
by Bernard Harbor
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Staff working in Enable Ireland are to get the protections of the Haddington Road agreement (HRA) after IMPACT successfully took a case to the Labour Relations Commission. The outcome is especially significant because Enable Ireland is a so-called ‘section 39’ agency that receives HSE funding, but whose staff are not directly employed as public servants.
IMPACT took the case after management at the agency tried to impose HRA pay cuts, increased hours and other negative aspects of the agreement. The union argued successfully that staff should get the protections in the deal as well.
The outcome means that HRA protections on compulsory redundancy will be in place “notwithstanding any future HSE funding cuts.” The HRA redeployment protections will also apply to Enable Ireland staff, who will also have their leave and long-term acting arrangements standardised in line with comparable HSE staff.
The HSE has been reducing funding to ‘section 39’ agencies, saying that they should reduce payroll costs in line with HRA savings.
Read the LRC outcome HERE.
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