Power to the people
'Fromage not Farage'
by Niall Shanahan

The Indo reports this morning that just over a third of the workforce will be covered by a new law requiring employers to report the gender pay gap when it is first rolled out, that's because it will apply to businesses with more than 250 workers. ICTU and the National Women's Council want the Government to ensure all employers publish the data within a year of the legislation coming into force.

 

The Irish Times reports that new proposals aimed at clamping down on bogus self-employment practices are to be considered by Government this week. ICTU says the practice of misclassifying workers as self-employed has been a problem in Ireland for a number of years, and can have “very negative and serious consequences for workers”.

 

Meanwhile, RTE reports this morning that nursing unions and health management are due to return to the Labour Court today, Fianna Fáil has said it will “completely” oppose an attempt by the Government to link welfare increases to inflation, and 14,000 people in Sligo continue to have to boil their water.

 

The Sunday Business Post's front page yesterday included a story about the team leading Sláintecare, who sought the intervention of the secretary general of the Taosieach's department, asking him to get them out of the Department of Health because their work was being 'impeded' by the department. The paper also reported that HSE interim chief Anne O'Connor is among those shortlisted for the director general job of the health service.

 

The Limerick Leader carries a story on celebrations to mark the centenary of the Limerick Soviet, launched last Friday, featuring Fórsa's Mike MacNamara and Marian Cody.

 

The weekend papers were, unsurprisingly, covered in acres of Brexit coverage and commentary. And while the focus was on empowering a People's Vote, the Business Post's editorial said "the frightening reality of the animal spirits let loose by the Brexit process" illustrates that - in addition to the political incompetence and incoherence - the people are the problem.

 

Your Zen moment this morning leaves you in the company of some of the estimated one million people who marched in London on Saturday.

 

And as news breaks of the death of Scott Walker (the legendary singer, not the former US governor), here's some bonus Zen. Walker's version of the Jacque Brel classic Amsterdam.

 

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