As of yesterday, zero hours contracts in (nearly) all circumstances are illegal in Ireland. Thanks to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, workers in casual and precarious jobs now have greater certainty around the length of their working week. For more details on this and to see how the new law will affect you or some one you know, take a look at this factsheet.
Sinn Féin TD for Waterford David Cullinane pledged his full support for Fórsa's Support our Secretaries campaign as he spoke to a packed meeting in the Teachers Centre in Waterford City organised the union. You can find details of other #SupportOurSecretaies public meetings around the country here.
Leo Varadkar challenged a report which shows that the number of working single-parent families living in poverty has doubled in five years (also covered in yesterday's digest.) The report from the Society of St Vincent de Paul found that in 2012 one in 11 working lone parents was living below the poverty line, however that jumped to one in five in 2017. The Fine Gael leader, however, said that statistics from the Central Statistics Office show that consistent poverty and deprivation among lone parents has reduced in the last four years.
An opinion piece in the Indo by Labour's European election candidate for Dublin Alex White explains how asking voters to give one of Dublin’s MEPs to Northern Ireland is misconceived.
As International Women's Day approaches, a survey of Irish female professionals shows that four out of five women believes the glass ceiling still exists in the workplace. The survey by female business group Network Ireland also found that one in four women did not go for a promotion due to family commitments. While more than a third of respondents believe that being female has impacted negatively on their career progression.
And finally, today's Zen is for you Game of Thrones fans as the official trailer for the final season was released yesterday.
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