In this issue
IMPACT audio bulletin
Dub teams up to tackle cancer
Happy holidays to all our readers
Compulsory retirement age raised
Ibec and unions working on pay gap
Zero-hours ban is progress
History as IMPACT meets Ryanair
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Movement on SNA rights
School secretaries in precarious work
Roscommon flexi clarification welcomed
Hidden heroes campaign launched
IMPACT Christmas hours
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Happy holidays to all our readers
by Bernard Harbor
 

This is the very last IMPACT members’ ebulletin you’ll be able to read. With the formation of the new union Fórsa, you’ll be receiving an improve communications service from January, as we’ll be producing separate ebulletins tailored to members working in the civil service, education, health, local authorities and the services and enterprises sector. So you’ll be receiving stories specifically relevant to you.

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Compulsory retirement age raised
by Bernard Harbor
 

The Government is to legislate to allow civil and public servants who are currently obliged to retire at age 65 to opt to stay in work longer. Once enacted, the law will give public servants recruited before 1st April 2004 the option to retire at any time up to age 70.

 

 

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Ibec and unions working on pay gap
by Bernard Harbor
 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions and employers’ body Ibec are exploring a common approach to tackling the gender pay gap, with efforts underway to agree a joint proposal on gender pay gap reporting.

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Zero-hours ban is progress
by Lughan Deane and Hazel Gavigan
 

New legislation that would improve security for workers on ‘zero-hour’ contracts has been broadly welcomed by unions. Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ (ICTU) general secretary, Patricia King said the Bill “marks some progress on these very important issues for workers.”

 

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History as IMPACT meets Ryanair
by Bernard Harbor
 
Ashley Connolly, Bernard Harbor and Angela Kirk IMPACT
Ashley Connolly, Bernard Harbor and Angela Kirk IMPACT

History was made this week when representatives of IMPACT, and its members in Ryanair, sat down to talks with company management at 5pm on Tuesday 19th December. It was the first time that Ireland’s most high-profile anti-union company had ever sat around a table with representatives of organised labour. Less than a week before, Ryanair management was still saying it would never happen.

 

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