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IMPACT is awaiting a date for the Labour Relations Commission to conciliate on the issue of annual leave standardisation for staff who work in voluntary hospitals. The union raised the issue in the talks that led to the Haddington Road agreement.

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IMPACT cabin crew accept Labour Court recommendation
by Niall Shanahan

Cabin crew protest at Aer Lingus HQ, Friday May 30th. Pic: IMPACT communications unit.

The IMPACT Cabin Crew branch committee has accepted the interim Labour Court recommendation LCR20786, which was issued yesterday following Wednesday's engagement at the Labour Court in the dispute about rosters. The committee agreed on Wednesday evening to defer two days of strike action planned for next week.

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Two one-day strikes planned in South Dublin County Council
by Bernard Harbor

IMPACT has served notice of two one-day strikes, on Tuesday 24th June and Thursday 26th June, in South Dublin County Council.

In an escalation of a two week old dispute over management’s unilateral imposition of pay cuts, the union’s members have also withdrawn phone cover between 12 noon and 2.30pm each day and have further restricted phone cover in County hall and other council facilities.

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Average public service pension just €19,500 a year
by Bernard Harbor

The average public service pension – as measured by the median – is just €19,500 a year, according to new figures analysed by the trade union-backed Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI). In other words, half of retired public servants have a pension of under €19,500 before deductions.

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HSE grilled on Limerick hospital salary
by Bernard Harbor

IMPACT wrote to PAC chairman John McGuinness last month to set out its concerns on corporate governance and senior staff salaries in the hospital group.

IMPACT yesterday (Thursday) welcomed a decision by the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to ask the chiefs of the HSE and Department of Health to investigate the sanction of a €250,000 salary for one senior manager in the Limerick hospitals group.

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