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Unions back IMPACT on gender pay gap
SNAs to ballot for action
Pensions and new entrants explained
IMPACT’s Callinan re-elected as ICTU VP
Deal on civil service specialist posts
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Unions back IMPACT on gender pay gap
by Bernard Harbor
 
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has backed IMPACT’s call for legislation to compel companies to reveal data on their gender pay gap. The ICTU biennial delegate conference – made up of representatives of virtually all Irish unions – last week unanimously passed IMPACT’s motion, calling on the Government, employers and unions to act.
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SNAs to ballot for action
by Niall Shanahan
 
IMPACT’s 8,000 special needs assistants (SNAs) will ballot for industrial action immediately at the start of the new school year because of the Government’s failure, for the fourth year running, to announce next year’s SNA allocations before the end of the  summer term.
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Pensions and new entrants explained
by Niall Shanahan
 
IMPACT has published short videos to explain two of the most frequently asked questions about the proposed Public Sector Stability Agreement (PSSA) – the changes to pension contributions and the proposed process to address the ‘new entrant’ issue.
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IMPACT’s Callinan re-elected as ICTU VP
by Bernard Harbor
 
IMPACT deputy general secretary Kevin Callinan was re-elected as ICTU vice president last week. The union’s general secretary Shay Cody was also re-elected to the ICTU executive, along with IMPACT assistant general secretary Marie Levis.
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Deal on civil service specialist posts
by Niall Shanahan
 
IMPACT has secured an agreement on how technical and specialist posts, equivalent to principal officer (PO) and assistant principal officer (APO) will be filled in future. The union had sought an agreed sequence of confined and open competitions to mirror existing arrangements for general service grades.
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