April date agreed for pay improvement
by Bernard Harbor
Most public servants will see a €1,000 upward pay adjustment from 1st April 2017. Originally due on 1st September 2017 under the Lansdowne Road agreement (LRA), the increase has been brought forward by five months following two Garda pay settlements at the end of last year.
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Unions to seek 4% private sector increases
by Niall Shanahan
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has advised private sector unions to seek basic pay increases of 4% or €1,000 this year, whichever is higher. The recommendation, by ICTU’s private sector committee, is based on its assessment of 2016 pay bargaining and key measures that affect the living standards of workers.
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Analysis: Focus shifts to new talks
by Bernard Harbor
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IMPACT’s Shay Cody led unions in pay improvement. |
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Attention will now shift to talks on a successor to the Lansdowne Road agreement (LRA) after IMPACT’s success in bringing forward a €1,000 increase by five months. The payment, due under the LRA, will now be paid in April 2017, rather than September.
The negotiations on a successor to the LRA were also brought forward on the insistence of IMPACT and other unions. They are now set to begin immediately after the Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) makes its initial report in the late spring or early summer.
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Pensions clarity sought
by Bernard Harbor
The ICTU Public Services Committee (PSC), which represents virtually all public service unions, has written to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) to establish the implications for public service pensioners of last week’s pay agreement.
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IMPACT lobbying returns published
by Niall Shanahan
IMPACT lobbied politicians and public officials on behalf of its members on 14 occasions in the last quarter of 2016, bringing the annual total to 56. The figures, revealed in the union’s returns to the Lobbying Register, do not include industrial relations meetings as they are not subject to laws on reporting lobbying activity.
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