Public-only hospital consultant contract will be introduced this year, says DonnellySláintecare move is significant opportunity to deal with unfilled posts, according to MinisterSat Apr 17 2021 - 14:45
New public health deal will deliver more than 80 consultant jobs‘Landmark agreement’ would support reform of public health model, says DonnellyThu Apr 15 2021 - 21:40
Workplace Relations Commission to be subject to emergency legislationFuture hearings to be held generally in public following Supreme Court rulingThu Apr 15 2021 - 20:15
Health service management to pursue greater staff flexibilityDraft plans on change also involve co-operation with elements of Sláintecare programmeThu Apr 15 2021 - 19:43
Government asks Low Pay Commission to design ‘living wage’ in Irish contextStudy will examine whether special rate should be introduced for DublinThu Apr 15 2021 - 00:01
HSE asked to clarify status of health staff who received first dose of AstraZeneca vaccinePsychiatric nurses to discuss impact of vaccination rollout changes for staff and patientsTue Apr 13 2021 - 21:13
Meat processing sector disputes it is highly profitable, based on low payWage rates on par or ahead of those in North or Britain, industry representatives sayTue Apr 13 2021 - 14:03
Committee told meat industry will continue to need workers from abroadMigrant Rights Centre urges parity between those on general work permits and those with critical skillsMon Apr 12 2021 - 16:40
New pay, pensions deal for school workers by next academic year – FórsaRevised contract for secretaries and caretakers being put together, union conference toldFri Apr 09 2021 - 21:51
Changes to vaccine priority list not a reflection on any profession, Minister saysFórsa union claims Government led school staff ‘up the garden path’ prior to reopeningFri Apr 09 2021 - 15:36
Teacher who got Covid-19 last year ‘could not breathe’ during walkDelegates tell ASTI conference of health concerns around return to schoolThu Apr 08 2021 - 08:06
Taoiseach signals Government will not change vaccine priority for teachersAll three unions back motion to hold ballots on industrial action as Foley defends changesWed Apr 07 2021 - 18:17
RTÉ staff overwhelmingly reject pay cut planBroadcaster says it will have to look at other options for savingsWed Apr 07 2021 - 17:40
ASTI to seek access for teachers to more generous pension schemeTeachers’ conference told recent entrants are disadvantaged by pay and pension termsWed Apr 07 2021 - 16:27
ASTI warns there can be no cutbacks after CovidTeachers' union says funding provided for pandemic must be baseline for the futureWed Apr 07 2021 - 15:05
Older teachers in high-risk group should work from home until vaccinated – ASTIUnion president says change of vaccinationplan kick in teeth to teachersTue Apr 06 2021 - 19:05
Student teachers on teaching placement should be paid for work – ASTITeachers’ conference told training period in schools represents ‘free labour’Tue Apr 06 2021 - 18:40
No change to vaccine priority despite opposition from teachers’ unionsNorma Foley says decision is not ‘value judgment’ of profession, is based on scienceTue Apr 06 2021 - 17:42
Syllabus guidelines are ‘recipe for disaster’, ASTI conference hearsSecond-level teachers express concern at level of guidance given for some subjectsTue Apr 06 2021 - 16:31
Community employment supervisors warn of strike ballot over access to pension schemeSiptu sets mid-April deadline for Government to table proposals to resolve issueTue Apr 06 2021 - 09:23
Teachers’ push to be moved up Covid-19 vaccine queue faces resistanceAnger over ‘downgrading’ of profession as rollout shifts to age-based modelTue Apr 06 2021 - 03:13
Teachers believe remote learning has led some students to disengageExtra supports will be needed next year to assist vulnerable students, survey findsTue Apr 06 2021 - 01:00
Union says prospect of mental health service provider’s collapse ‘devastating’Siptu says Government must review funding model for the sectorMon Apr 05 2021 - 21:53
Teacher unions to debate industrial action over members' place on vaccine rollout timetableMove will not affect the planned reopening of schools on April 12th, according to unionsMon Apr 05 2021 - 14:53
Home quarantine among compromises to be discussed by MinistersUse of vaccinations to shorten isolation times also mooted as part of solution to Cabinet riftMon Apr 05 2021 - 02:05
Non-medically vulnerable groups to get vaccine in ‘exceptional circumstances’HSE chief defends rollout plan amid reports of people skipping vaccination queueMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:50
Analysis: Collapse of voluntary disability providers is major worry for HSEHSE’s chief flagged ‘serious concern’ about deteriorating financial position of providersMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:16
St John of God community services warn Government of potential disorderly collapseDonnelly told service faces liquidation without State support to deal with €32m deficitMon Apr 05 2021 - 01:15
Siptu warns 300 jobs at risk over reforms to local employment servicesDepartment of Social Protection plays down concerns over new tendering processMon Apr 05 2021 - 00:05
Gardaí and teachers demand Government ensure they are vaccinated earlierUpcoming teaching unions conferences want to ‘make sure the Government does another U-turn’ on vaccination scheduleSun Apr 04 2021 - 15:42
Coronavirus variants with no link to travel detected in StatePotential ‘super-spreading’ by undetected cases greatest concern, de Gascun saysSat Apr 03 2021 - 01:00
Policing online cheating is adding to workload, lecturers sayTUI says 29% of members considered leaving due to concerns regarding Covid-19Fri Apr 02 2021 - 20:45
Garda representative body holds emergency meeting on changes to vaccine scheduleSecond-level teachers’ union says talks with Norma Foley on matter ‘unsatisfactory’Thu Apr 01 2021 - 21:30
All employees set to have right to disconnect from work from todayTánaiste to sign new code of practice drawn up by Workplace Relations CommissionThu Apr 01 2021 - 01:00
‘Unacceptable’ changes to vaccine rollout should be reversed, teachers’ union saysTeachers angry and dismayed at revision, but no threat to school reopening, ASTI saysWed Mar 31 2021 - 13:22
Thousands of workers misclassified as self-employed by State, committee toldAll couriers considered self-employed due to test case decision in 1995, PAC hearsWed Mar 31 2021 - 05:00
Teachers warn vaccination changes undermine efforts to keep schools openGarda and prison officer representatives also disappointed with restructuring of Covid-19 vaccine rolloutTue Mar 30 2021 - 20:59
Review of industrial relations timely, says VaradkarNew working group to produce interim report in JulyTue Mar 30 2021 - 20:58
Lockdown exit: Ministers to discuss easing restrictions after 'grim' Nphet warning not to take risksState has not vaccinated enough people to take risks with Covid-19 restrictions, Ministers are warnedTue Mar 30 2021 - 03:54
Tectonic plates in the world of work may be about to shift significantlyVaradkar’s proposed review of collective bargaining seen by unions as hopeful signTue Mar 30 2021 - 02:05
Workplace review could compel all employers to talk to unionsUnions see Government announcement of high-level review as a step forwardTue Mar 30 2021 - 00:01
Remote working likely a ‘win-win’ for workers and rural areas – unionsAny bid to use changed arrangements to push return to piecework ‘will be vigorously resisted’Mon Mar 29 2021 - 23:29
Varadkar says he queried oversight of employment rights in meat processing sectorTánaiste says he wrote to Workplace Relations Commission last autumnSat Mar 27 2021 - 15:28
Proposed committee for childcare sector excludes ‘majority of providers’, ISME warnsHundreds of employers may decline agreements without representation, group saysSat Mar 27 2021 - 13:00
HSE ceases using facilities in some private hospitals under Covid agreementAccess is being maintained to facilities in some centres in Dublin and LimerickFri Mar 26 2021 - 21:55
Pay rises off the agenda for most private sector employers, consultants warnRemote working may lead to pay for work done rather than time in particular jobsFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:20
Deparment of Justice signals no change on ban on strikes by gardaíEuropean Committee on Social Rights says Ireland in breach of European Social CharterWed Mar 24 2021 - 18:15
Military cadets to receive €800 in allowances for time as contact tracers with HSERepresentative body argued cadets were among lowest paid Defence Forces personnel and ‘had been taken advantage of during pandemic’Wed Mar 24 2021 - 13:57
Rights of local authority tenants and Travellers violated, European body saysEuropean Committee of Social Rights points to housing and protection breaches of social charterWed Mar 24 2021 - 07:54
Hiqa’s powers of enforcement are ‘blunt instrument’, Oireachtas committee toldLonger-term review of nursing home regulation to commence in 2022Tue Mar 23 2021 - 12:42
