The Irish Times

Now is the time for Ireland to consider a fair-work agenda

Europe proposes minimum wage floor, ways to tackle in-work poverty

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 15:07

Will Covid make the jobs market more unfair?

Pandemic may accelerate divide between low-paid service jobs and more secure employment

Fri Aug 28 2020 - 05:25

Pandemic has shown how ‘undervalued’ frontline workers were – Higgins

President tells UN group ‘we must free ourselves from failed model of economy’

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 16:11

We must prepare for the changes in employment that will follow Covid-19

‘Just Transition’ principles must be embedded in the response to workplace vulnerability

Thu May 28 2020 - 01:33

Rights activist calls for child protection from online threats

Kailash Satyarthi discusses child labour, slavery and trafficking with Taoiseach

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 21:15

Changing to meet new needs

Are organisational structures reflecting the requirement to optimise staff skills, nurture leadership potential and empower employees?

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 00:00

Longer working lives set to become blend of high touch and high tech

Increased longevity and pressure on pension system set to transform work landscape

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 02:53

Seanad passes Bill providing collective pay bargaining for self-employed

Senator Ged Nash says he expects Bill will be law next year

Thu Nov 10 2016 - 20:17

Work permits prove hard to come by for Syrians in Turkey

Brussels may think refugees get jobs in Turkey easily. The truth is very different

Sat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00

Youth unemployment is EU’s biggest challenge - Higgins

‘People, in any version of EU, require much more than being allowed to survive’ - President

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 19:23

Fishing industry’s slim margins generates perfect storm

Bord Iascaigh Mhara statistics conflict with International Transport Federation claims

Wed Nov 04 2015 - 09:05

Wage disparity between men and women is widening

Ireland is no exception to global trend with gender pay gap growing 14.4%

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 05:45

Life in Vietnam factory: forced overtime and €25 a week

In globalised world, country has proved to be a strong ally of foreign capital

Tue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00

Legal Opinion: Proper oversight needed of employment contracts

It is highly likely that many private sector pay cuts ‘agreed’ by employees in recent years were implemented in a context where the employees may have felt they had no other option, given the economic environment

Mon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00

Bangladesh factory disaster forces West to think about high cost of cheap clothes

The Rana Plaza collapse has led to calls for drastic reform of the garment industry

Sat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00

Bangladesh factory disaster victims still waiting for compensation

Leading brands yet to agree arrangements for injured workers and families of 1,129 people killed

Thu Oct 24 2013 - 11:26

New collective bargaining rights could cost jobs and investment, IBEC says

Unions expected to step up lobbying before conclusion of Government review

Thu Jun 27 2013 - 19:23

The skills shortage threatening to derail Europe’s hopes of recovery

Ecoomic competitiveness and prosperity could be undermined unless gap in qualifications is addressed

Mon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00

Retailers promise to compensate Bangladesh disaster families

Primark and Loblaw to pay out in wake of garment factory building collapse

Tue Apr 30 2013 - 09:04