Teachers’ union calls for ‘Dublin allowance’ on top of salary Talks on a new public sector pay agreement set to start before summerThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Tendering requirements for buses and office supplies undermining schools’ community status, TUI delegates told‘There has to be more to it than money,’ says teacher from CarlowWed Apr 12 2023 - 21:53
‘I had to drive 15 hours a week to and from work’TUI delegates urged to back establishment of national voluntary redeployment schemeWed Apr 12 2023 - 20:01
Teachers marking their own pupils’ Leaving Cert papers a ‘red line issue’, Minister toldFoley’s proposal as part of senior cycle reform would prompt ballot for industrial action, TUI conference hearsWed Apr 12 2023 - 19:38
Teachers’ views on AI: Is artificial intelligence to be embraced or feared?Is technology a threat to education? We asked INTO, ASTI and TUI members at their conferences - and ChatGPTWed Apr 12 2023 - 17:45
Is teaching still an attractive profession? We asked delegates at teachers’ unions annual gatherings in Killarney, Cork and WexfordTue Apr 11 2023 - 19:11
TUI conference: New degree courses can help remedy skills deficit, says Minister Extra capacity in areas like nursing will enable Irish graduates to shun British NHS in favour of Irish post, claims HarrisTue Apr 11 2023 - 17:32
TUI blames ‘boneheaded’ policies for teacher recruitment, retention crisisTreatment of new entrants to profession is ‘professional hazing’, says union chief Michael GillespieTue Apr 11 2023 - 12:46
Canada’s armed forces faced a damning report on sexual harrassment and abuse eight years ago. What can Ireland learn from the fallout?Canada’s scandal was every bit as bad as what was exposed by Ireland’s Women of Honour, and led to the ousting of more than a dozen top officersSat Apr 08 2023 - 06:00
‘It’s been a long time coming’: provisions of Work Life Balance Bill set to be in effect within weeksLegislation covering flexible and remote working rights and domestic violence leave signed into law by PresidentTue Apr 04 2023 - 16:05
Further delays to children’s hospital if accommodation for staff not provided, warns unionINMO tells Government recruitment and retention crisis will only worsen with nurses priced out of housing around hospitalsTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:00
Plan for 750 new homes for Galway’s Sandy Road area unveiledLand Development Agency hopes development of new community on land largely owned by ESB can prompt redevelopment of adjoining brownfield sitesMon Apr 03 2023 - 00:01
Plan to require Defence Forces to refer rape allegations to Garda welcomedLack of faith in internal procedures reflected in IRG report no surprise, says Conor KingSun Apr 02 2023 - 17:00
Dispute involving 220 workers at Dundalk manufacturing plant settledDeal between Cargotec and Unite follows two days of strike action which halted production at plantFri Mar 31 2023 - 18:40
Just 20% of employers have budget to help workers with mental healthStudy finds number of Irish companies with some staff working remotely increased from 7% before the pandemic to 32% afterwardsWed Mar 29 2023 - 00:15
Accountancy firm reaps benefit of supporting staff’s mental healthCrowleys DFK believes the return on the range of services it provides to staff has been clearWed Mar 29 2023 - 00:15
Driver testers must only use cars which have an NCT cert, union tells membersFórsa has been calling for reintroduction of pre-pandemic requirement on health and safety groundsMon Mar 27 2023 - 18:17
Firefighter’s claim that being on call meant he was working 24/7 is rejectedLabour Court rejects claim that time spent on standby amounted to workFri Mar 24 2023 - 17:55
Dividends paid by Cartamundi’s Irish operation to be raised by union in talks Siptu representatives will meet with management on Tuesday after closure announcementThu Mar 23 2023 - 20:52
Engineering firm granted interim injunction to prevent industrial actionTrade union Unite says it is considering appeal of High Court decisionThu Mar 23 2023 - 20:28
Postgraduate researchers protest at Dáil over pay and conditions Those working in sector paid average of just €7.88 per hour while excluded from supports for other workers, say representativesThu Mar 23 2023 - 15:04
Union chief Mick Lynch to address Dublin event celebrating author Robert NoonanOrganisers hope festival honouring author of the The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists will become annual event providing platform for political debateWed Mar 22 2023 - 14:43
Nurses at Cork hospital coronary unit to be balloted on industrial action Vote is second to be called by INMO in campaign over what it says are unsafe working conditionsTue Mar 21 2023 - 20:00
Remote work in the west: ‘I thought I came here for the job but the quality of my life is so much better’Co-working spaces help provide a better quality of life and collaboration among their users, which vary from med-tech professionals to lawyersMon Mar 20 2023 - 05:00
Google parent’s Irish employees among those to petition chief executive over handling of job cutsFSU says ‘hundreds’ of staff at Irish office signed letter which was distributed to others by its membersSun Mar 19 2023 - 17:40
Pay transparency directive should be applied to smaller employers, says Ictu Minister reported to be considering scope of rules that include requirement for employers to make pay scales for vacant jobs known in advanceSun Mar 19 2023 - 16:09
Uncertainty in tech sector reflected in declining numbers coming to work in IrelandHealthcare sector now accounting comfortably for the largest number of new work permits grantedSat Mar 18 2023 - 14:46
Mick Lynch: ‘You knew you were Irish, but most of the people you knew were too’The charismatic head of Britain’s RMT railworkers union on his Irish background, his ‘weird’ tussle with Piers Morgan, backing Brexit and what the future might hold under a Labour governmentSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
Manager who was abroad when wife reported him ill has €81,000 dismissal award cutLabour Court finds company procedures unfair but reduces WRC award by almost €50,000 over employee’s behaviourFri Mar 17 2023 - 14:44
Fórsa members vote for industrial action at Louth County Group of hospitals ‘Staff shortages place incredible pressure on staff; it can’t go on,’ says union officialThu Mar 16 2023 - 20:45
Agreement on new talks as second one day strike takes place at forklift manufacturerDispute between Unite and Cargotec centres on transfer of about 40 workers to another companyThu Mar 16 2023 - 11:35
‘Families who can’t pay energy bills aren’t in a position to invest in expensive retrofitting’Government needs to take broader view of social and economic factors in households when designing and promoting schemes, says Friends of the EarthWed Mar 15 2023 - 00:00
Water services workers set to be balloted on industrial actionSiptu has also called on the Taoiseach to clarify when a referendum on public ownership of water services will be heldMon Mar 13 2023 - 19:33
Nurses at University Hospital Limerick ICU to be balloted on industrial actionVote follows failed agreement talks between management and union on safe working conditionsMon Mar 13 2023 - 11:25
Gender pay gaps at Ireland’s Big Four accountancy firms look okay - until you include partnersAt KPMG, a 6.9% male/female pay differential jump to 39.4% when partners are includedFri Mar 10 2023 - 05:00
Dismissal of trade union official found to have been unfairBut Labour Court found employee’s actions contributed 80% to decision to end his employmentThu Mar 09 2023 - 15:57
Claim by gardaí for unsocial hours allowance while self-isolating ‘wholly without merit’Labour Court says parties accept such payments only made when a worker ‘actually works’ during unsocial hoursThu Mar 09 2023 - 12:28
IMO members reject €257,000-a-year public-only contractFifty-five per cent of current consultants said they will not switch to the new contract,Tue Mar 07 2023 - 16:04
Landlords will ‘not stand idly by’ if eviction ban is extendedNeed for balance in any new legislation, says Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Jim O’CallaghanMon Mar 06 2023 - 01:00
‘There’s every job you can think of’: Dublin Airport jobs fair hoping to help careers take offBusy start to jobs fair as DAA, other employers seek to keep pace with growing passenger numbersFri Mar 03 2023 - 19:42
Mechanical workers at major engineering firms vote to strike over discontinued allowance Trade union Unite claims cut to allowance worth 12.8% of pay to affected workers was intended to be temporary and should be restoredThu Mar 02 2023 - 21:29
Maternity services at Wexford General Hospital to resume on Friday morningOutpatients appointments scheduled for Monday also to go ahead but assessment of damage caused by fire continuesThu Mar 02 2023 - 20:17
Wexford General Hospital: ‘Remarkable war-like effort’ to move patients praised as maternity services to resume today29 patients remain on site to receive treatment following ‘medium to small’ fireThu Mar 02 2023 - 19:57
Doctors on the medical profession: ‘We often describe it as designed for 1950s men with wives’Many doctors see gender-based issues as impacting significantly upon their careers, recent research showsMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:01
Laois jobs fair offers broad range of openings amid employment market shiftsForty-plus companies and organisations offer midlands-based jobs in areas ranging from accounting to engineering and from retail to recyclingTue Feb 21 2023 - 04:00
European Left group await meeting on Wallace finances from wine bar restaurants ‘as soon as possible’MEP’s earnings from wine bar business, initially omitted from financial declarations, emerged after video posted on social mediaMon Feb 20 2023 - 05:00
Mick Wallace gets €53 a week for wine bar ‘advice’, he tells local radioIn interview on South East Radio on Monday, Wallace claims he receives sum for providing ‘contacts with wine producers in Italy’Sun Feb 19 2023 - 12:30
Bullying and harassment still a feature of workplace culture for female doctors, conference toldIMO survey highlights abuses and need for supports such as on-site childcare to achieve greater equalitySat Feb 18 2023 - 15:35
Action needed to protect migrant fishers working on foreign vessels in Irish waters, says unionPlight of workers on German-registered trawlers recently detained highlights need for change, Dáil hearsFri Feb 17 2023 - 17:39
Nursing union authorises ballots for industrial action over ‘unsafe staffing’Balloting of worst affected locations to go ahead as union calls on department and HSE to provide planFri Feb 17 2023 - 16:08
