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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
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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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