Physiotherapists urged not to register with CORU
by Niall Shanahan
The Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) has sought IMPACT’s support as it directs its members not to register with the new physiotherapy register under CORU, due to a dispute with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD. IMPACT has requested that physiotherapist members do not register with CORU while the dispute is ongoing.
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Digitalisation of Work
by Lughan Deane
NIALL SHANAHAN, IMPACT’s Communications Officer, attended the European Foundation’s seminar series on the digitalisation of work in Berlin. He was there, representing ICTU as part of the Irish Tripartite team, to provide a trade union perspective on the changing nature of work. This blog, compiled from his joint submission to the Foundation as well as a recent Work & Life article by LUGHAN DEANE entitled ‘The Future of Work - Sharing the Load’ explores some of the challenges that the sharing economy poses for trade unions.
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Union sub tax break sought
by Bernard Harbor
IMPACT has vowed to continue its campaign for the reinstatement of tax relief for trade union subscriptions. Reacting to Budget 2017, the union’s general secretary Shay Cody said it was unfair that relatively high-paid professionals get tax relief for joining a professional body, while low paid workers got no relief on their trade union subs.
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