In this issue
IMPACT Audio Bulletin
Savings on hundreds of brands
Pay legislation progresses despite fears
No cash for primary health plan
Precarious work now common
Civil service recruitment problems flagged
IMPACT urges hard line on Brexit
Health reps defend ‘hidden heroes’
Pay legislation progresses despite fears
 

 

Fears that pay restoration agreed under the new Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) would be delayed by an early general election were allayed last week. The Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill, which enables the implementation of PSSA pay adjustments including a 1% increase from 1st January, passed its second stage after the political crisis over former Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald abated.

 

Earlier, IMPACT has warned that any delay in the implementation of public service pay adjustments, or social welfare increases set out in the recent budget, would be unacceptable. The union’s head of communications Bernard Harbor told journalists: “It’s inconceivable that politicians would be knocking on doors to seek votes while telling social welfare recipients and public servants that their income restoration was on hold.”

 

Harbor also said the political class should be focussed on bigger issues. Speaking from an IMPACT-Siptu conference on Brexit and the Irish border, he said: “With a crucial EU summit in less than a month’s time, it’s incredible that our elected representatives are focussed on elections rather than the future of free movement across the border, with all it means for the Good Friday Agreement and the economy across the island of Ireland.”

 

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