VHI will not pay for consultants not on specialist registerHSE indicates hospitals could pursue patients if bill not settled by insurance firmThu May 18 2017 - 01:00
Nurses warn of threat to industrial stability ahead of pay talksDonohoe says Government will not agree to separate pay deal for 50,000 health staffWed May 17 2017 - 20:29
Failure to agree public pay deal would be ‘appalling vista’ - MinisterUnions to meet Workplace Relations Commission ahead of opening of talksWed May 17 2017 - 11:35
Health sector demands threaten to complicate pay talksAnalysis: Demands could pose problems for Government and for unions in other sectorsWed May 17 2017 - 05:30
Government formally invites unions to new public pay talksNegotiations on extending the Lansdowne Road Agreement to get under way next weekTue May 16 2017 - 19:41
Health recruitment difficulties must be tackled in pay talks - unionsDoctors, nurses and midwives accuse Government of ‘head in the sand’ approach on recruitmentTue May 16 2017 - 16:11
Hospitals hiring doctors without specialist skill, say consultantsHosptial consultants association: Appointments to fill posts compromising patient careMon May 15 2017 - 07:00
Report outlines public hospitals’ struggle to recruit consultantsWaterford, Letterkenny, Naas and Portiuncula facing challenges to enlist specialistsMon May 15 2017 - 00:01
Gardaí warn against making them pay more for pensionsGarda Representative Association says their faster rate of accrual is ‘danger money’Fri May 12 2017 - 17:01
Siptu members in Bus Éireann vote for Labour Court proposalsRecommendations were issued following a 21-day strike over cost-cuttingFri May 12 2017 - 13:15
Special pay deals could trigger ‘leap-frogging’ claims in public sectorImpact national secretary’s comments interpreted as response to nurses’ 12% claimThu May 11 2017 - 17:05
Public service groups may lose out in pay negotiationsAnalysis: Unions’ priorities in forthcoming talks could disappoint some State employeesThu May 11 2017 - 01:00
Gardaí may have to pay more for pensionsSenior union figures sceptical at prospects of special additional rises for nursesWed May 10 2017 - 19:13
Staffless libraries may risk children’s safety, union warnsFOI request reveals six incidents of children being left unsupervised during pilot projectWed May 10 2017 - 18:50
Public sector pay talks to focus on pension levyGovernment wants to trade salary increases for extra contributions from middle-income staffWed May 10 2017 - 01:35
Pay Commission report: ICTU seeks accelerated pay recovery for State employeesINMO says Government must address nursing recruitment problemsWed May 10 2017 - 00:37
Commission suggests 250,000 State staff pay more into pensionsPublic Service Pay Commission urges pay rises be linked to productivity and reformTue May 09 2017 - 20:57
Public Service Pay Commission: report’s main pointsWhat are the essential arguments made in the study of public service remuneration?Tue May 09 2017 - 20:17
Report’s findings raise uncomfortable issues for pay talksPensions, pay and productivity expected to be flashpointsTue May 09 2017 - 20:11
Demands on public purse very large, warns Donohoe ahead of pay talksICTU Public Services Committee calls for early talks on recovery of public service payTue May 09 2017 - 17:50
Pay report says State employees should contribute more to pensionsCommission says pay for public service staff at lower levels appears higher than those in private sectorTue May 09 2017 - 15:50
University teachers warn patience of staff is at an endConference told of major cuts to university teacher staffing as student numbers surgeSun May 07 2017 - 20:43
Government to argue no pay rises until autumn 2018Workplace Relations Commission chief warns pay talks will be ‘incredibly complex’Sat May 06 2017 - 00:01
ASTI staff threaten strike action against their own leadershipInternal dispute escalates as teachers’ union withdraws ballot over separate dispute with DepartmentFri May 05 2017 - 20:55
Senior civil servants get 60% less than private sector counterparts – studyHigher public service staff call for faster pay restorationFri May 05 2017 - 20:08
Pay deal sees some nurses take on additional tasksInitiative means elderly and disabled people may not need a hospial visit for some proceduresThu May 04 2017 - 21:23
Nurses warn of national strike if pay demands not metINMO calls for nurses to have same pay as professionally-qualified public servantsThu May 04 2017 - 14:44
Hospital consultants face audit over private-practice rulesHSE told minister that contract deal had become a farceWed May 03 2017 - 20:38
Maintaining value of pensions priority for public service unionsRepresentatives to oppose any moves to increase staff contribution towards pensionsWed May 03 2017 - 01:00
Public servants already pay enough for pensions - union bossPensions set to dominate upcoming public service pay talksTue May 02 2017 - 14:36
Airport workers reject proposed pay rises over three yearsUnion to consult members on next steps they will takeFri Apr 28 2017 - 18:41
Iarnród Éireann staff vote in favour of Bus Éireann strikeAll-out transport action is on the cards if bus firm’s staff reject Labour Court proposalsFri Apr 28 2017 - 17:00
Unpaid hours by public servants to remain, Donohoe signalsMinister says additional 15m hours have been delivered under existing agreementsFri Apr 28 2017 - 13:57
Public Service Pay Commission close to finalising its reportCommission report will form basis for talks on successor to Lansdowne Road dealThu Apr 27 2017 - 20:45
Dublin Bus moves to prevent future sympathy strikesCompany warns industrial action in support of Bus Éireann workers would be illegalTue Apr 25 2017 - 18:53
Confidential paper makes case for public sector pension reformGovernment report says cost of paying pensions to retired staff now €3.3 billionMon Apr 24 2017 - 01:00
Public service staff could get 6% pay rise over three yearsPublic sector pensions now cost €3.3bn, new Government report revealsMon Apr 24 2017 - 01:00
‘Uninformed nonsense’ about HPV vaccine is endangering livesHealth Minister says it’s time to ‘take on the scaremongers’ who are misinforming peopleSat Apr 22 2017 - 15:33
Doctors: Department of Public Expenditure using bullyboy tacticsIrish Medical Organisation says number of consultants resigning is increasingSat Apr 22 2017 - 14:02
Mid-rank civil servants fear amalgamated unions would be swamped‘Super union’ of PSEU, CPSU and Impact would have 80,000 members in public serviceFri Apr 21 2017 - 17:33
Civil servants seek reversal of curbs on sick leave arrangementsPSEU conference hears some staff forced back to work prematurely over financial stressFri Apr 21 2017 - 17:33
Public service union committed to protecting pension entitlementsPSEU to seek pay restoration and end to requirement to work additional hoursThu Apr 20 2017 - 18:18
TUI to seek pay parity for recent entrants in Government talksAccelerated €1,000 rise this month was only step in right direction, says TUI presidentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
TUI urges 1% levy on corporation profits to fund higher educationAnnual conference hears move would yield €550million for embattled sectorThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
TUI conference: It’s ‘ill advised’ to Facebook friend studentsUnion says some members have risked their employment over social media commentsThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
Bus Éireann strike talks adjourned until SaturdayTalks process at the Workplace Relations Commission described as ‘slow’Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Lower-grade civil servants to seek pay rise and shorter hoursAusterity-era cuts have left some staff up to €2,000 poorer, Civil Service forum to hearThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Psychiatric nurses to seek pay increases of over €5,000 a yearNurses seek pay parity with therapy-grade staff in health serviceWed Apr 19 2017 - 18:46
End two-tier pay by autumn or face action, says teachers’ unionTUI advocates say ballot plan will put ‘fire in belly’ of negotiators in forthcoming talksWed Apr 19 2017 - 16:26
Meeting all demands of teaching unions will be very costlyStrict deadlines could hamper prospect of securing new overall pay agreementTue Apr 18 2017 - 20:00
