IMPACT members back pay deal
by Bernard Harbor
IMPACT members have backed the proposed new public service pay agreement by a margin of 78% to 22% on a 52% turnout, with just five branches voting against the deal. The union has almost 60,000 members, including 50,000 in the public sector.
Announcing the outcome of the national ballot, the union called for immediate talks on iniquities in pay arrangements for staff who entered the public service after January 2011 if, as seems likely, there is majority cross-union support for the deal. Other union ballots are currently underway.
See how your branch voted HERE.
PSSA – your questions answered HERE.
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Roscommon win on flexitime
by Bernard Harbor
The Labour Court has backed IMPACT’s view that Roscommon County Council cannot reduce annual flexi leave arrangements. In a recommendation issued last week the Court said there should be no change in the current facility to take 13 days flexi leave a year. Management had wanted to reduce this to just two days.
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Early years report highlights gender pay issue
by Niall Shanahan
A report published last week (Thursday 27th July), Working Conditions of the Early Years Education and Care Sector, has exposed a significant gender pay gap. The report was published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs.
Early Education is a profession where 98% of employees are women, in a sector characterised by low rates of pay and substandard working conditions.The chronic lack state investment continues to exacerbate the existing problem of low pay for highly qualified professionals in the sector. This lack of investment also sharply increases the cost of childcare, a key factor in the gender pay gap across all sectors of the economy.
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Voluntary sector review an opportunity to futureproof health services
by Niall Shanahan
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IMPACT has said a newly appointed independent review group, to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health services, provides an opportunity to review the funding model for those organisations.
The review group, to be chaired Dr Catherine Day was announced in July by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD.
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Pay gap still centre stage
by Lughan Deane
Events of the past fortnight have demonstrated that more disclosure of information is the means towards progress on Ireland’s stubbornly high gender pay gap.
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Special education spending an investment, not a cost
by Bernard Harbor
Responding to media reports of “alarm” in Government over the cost of special education, IMPACT has said that spending on special education is an investment, not a cost. IMPACT official Barry Cunningham said ministers should be proud, rather than alarmed, that Ireland is now spending more on special education than in the past.
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