In this issue
IMPACT young members' group event - The Cost of Living for Young Workers
Pay deal looks set for success
Progress on IOT fixed-term posts
Temporary health staff need support
Childcare cash and paid leave demanded
IMPACT prepares gender pay gap submission
Temporary health staff need support
HSE and other employers now hiring permanent clerical and admin staff after a decade of recruitment restrictions
by Bernard Harbor
 
IMPACT is currently in negotiations in a bid to ensure that temporary staff who are unsuccessful in forthcoming interviews for permanent posts keep their current jobs in the health service. And the union is urging temps to join in order to strengthen its hand in the talks.

During the recession, hundreds of temporary clerical officers were hired to fill gaps caused by a huge reduction in permanent health service staffing. But the HSE and other health employers are now hiring permanent clerical and admin staff again, after a decade of cuts and recruitment restrictions.

The upshot is that permanent positions for temporary clerical and admin staff who are successful in competitions are underpinned. Now the union is acting to protect temporary staff who are unsuccessful in the competitions.

IMPACT national secretary Eamonn Donnelly (pictured left) said: “The best way of ensuring success in this is for temporary staff to join the union. Increased membership of temporary staff will give us the strength and credibility we need to convince management to do the right thing for temps and the people they serve.”

IMPACT has also ensured that one fifth of the clerical and admin promotional posts (at grades IV to VII) now being filled are available to staff on fixed-term or specified-purpose contracts. The union also ensured that these staff would be exempt from online verbal and numeracy tests, because they have already demonstrated their skills and experience in their roles.
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