Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu)

Study to assess abolishing sub-minimum wage rules for teenage workers

Low Pay Commission says below-minimum wage rates for some workers should be removed

Government’s business support package dismissed as election ploy by Ictu

Simon Harris’ new enterprise support package will leave the lowest-paid, sick, migrant, and retired workers ‘paying the price’

Quiet quitting: Why should an employee doing the job they are paid to do and then going home be a problem?

Many workers suggest employers should not expect them to go ‘above and beyond’ as a matter of routine

EU employment rights directive will be part of Irish law by November deadline, Taoiseach tells unions

Unions plan May Day recruitment events against backdrop of Ictu awareness campaign highlighting benefits of being in a trade union

Delay in changing sick pay law cannot be justified, union says

Call for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of help

Employers’ group urges national minimum wage to be frozen for at least two years

Isme says 12.4 per cent increase this year was significantly ahead of inflation

Unions hit out at employers’ criticism of new State measures to benefit workers

Ictu says employers in Ireland pay about half as much as peers in Europe in terms of taxes on labour

Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratified

Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour

Public pay increases: When will they happen and how much will workers get?

Pay deal agreed between the Government and unions last month has been formally ratified by the union side

State’s ‘experience economy’ accounts for 9% of total employment, says Ibec

Employers’ lobby group calls on Government to develop ‘overall strategy’ for €4bn sector

Two of the country’s biggest public service unions back new pay deal agreed with Government

Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026

Business wants more supports to ease hit of Government-backed pay hikes

New report shows small restaurants and retailers face 19% increase in costs by 2026

Unions believe they are having moment in North but say funding is key to stable future

Ictu to launch document in which it argues for a greater role in government-backed bodies in Northern Ireland

Teacher unions ASTI and TUI to survey members over potential merger

Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education

Public sector pay deal helps workers without stoking inflation, Donohoe says

Minister for Public Expenditure announces Government approval for new pay deal which will see 385,000 civil and public sector workers pay rises of 10.25 per cent over 2½ years

Ictu urges private sector unions to seek pay rises of up to 6%

Unions argue private sector workers have ground to recover after decline in real wages over past two years

Challenges facing small businesses not being recognised, argues Isme

Minimum wage, restoration of the 13.5 per cent hospitality sector VAT rate and other cost increases need to be taken into account, group says

‘To blame the lowest paid for challenges in our economy is cheap’

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Ibec denies ‘massive contradiction’ in position on minimum wage-setting

Employers’ group questioned on call for pause to future minimum wage increases at Oireachtas committee

Ibec and Ictu set to clash at Oireachtas committee meeting

Employers’ group and unions at loggerheads over minimum wage and other issues

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