The Irish Times

KBC Bank Ireland accused of showing ‘complete contempt’ for staff

Lender strongly refutes accusation, claims it has offered staff generous redundancy terms

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 13:30

Finance union seeks KBC Ireland mediation over exit concerns

Belgian-owned lender has never recognised Irish unions

Tue Oct 05 2021 - 17:59

Bankers union urges Government to make ‘right to disconnect’ code legally enforceable

Ministers commit to a ‘legally admissible’ code

Wed Feb 24 2021 - 15:19

Labour Court urges KBC to engage with union to address branch closure issues

Belgian-owned bank says instead it will ‘directly engage’ with employees in dispute

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 13:36

KBC Ireland turns down WRC meeting over hub closures

Union sought intervention as it failed in trying to get bank to engage with it

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 16:01

NatWest confirms review of Ulster Bank as Covid-19 bites

Statement comes after report that wind-down of lender is being considered

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 17:12

Parental alienation: ‘It’s emotional abuse at the highest level’

When one parent turns a child against the other, a childhood is lost

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 06:01

Frontline bank workers to get pay top-ups during Covid-19 crisis

Bank staff dealt with about 7,000 calls a day last week from business customers

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 03:20

Union calls for industry-wide approach to protect bank branch staff

FSU estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 staff are working directly in branch networks

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 13:25

Irish banks plot fresh wave of job cuts as low ECB rates and Brexit bite

Four of the State’s five surviving retail banks are working on a major cost-cutting drive

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 05:19

One-quarter of financial workers feel obliged to answer work emails out of hours

Financial Services Union calls for ‘right to disconnect’ measures amid survey results

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 19:58

Government to publish report on worker ‘techno-stress’ and ‘right to disconnect’

Unions point to increasingly routine after-hours work contact, often via company smartphones

Wed Oct 02 2019 - 05:02

The pushback against Ireland’s always-on work culture starts here

Momentum gathering to flick the off switch on after hours e-contact by employers

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 05:30

Stress of after-work emails causing mental health crisis, union says

Government urged take action on legal ‘right to disconnect’ from work after hours

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 18:41

Finance union backs Sinn Féin Bill to limit mortgage loan sales

Union ‘concerned’ about proposed EU directive promoting distressed loans market

Mon Apr 15 2019 - 02:35

FSU union targets IFSC banks and fintechs in conditions survey

Survey comes as Irish retail banks have shed more than 25,000 jobs over the past decade

Fri Feb 01 2019 - 06:00

Ulster Bank staff vote to accept pay rise of up to 3%

Some 750 staff in Republic will get 3% increase, with same number getting 1.25%-3%

Tue Jan 29 2019 - 05:28

KBC refuses to engage with staff over arson attacks, union says

Controversial eviction took place at Roscommon farm

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 02:08

Threats to target bankers’ homes ‘appalling’, bank staff union says

Financial Services Union urges KBC Bank to protect vulnerable staff as protests escalate

Sun Dec 23 2018 - 18:43

Bank of Ireland eyes more job cuts but vows to stick to union agreements

CEO Francesca McDonagh says bank will adhere to existing restructuring arrangement

Fri Dec 21 2018 - 05:25

Bank union lukewarm on lifting executive pay restraints

Call for rank-and-file staff to be rewarded ahead of top bankers

Mon Oct 29 2018 - 05:11

‘Self-regulatory’ banking culture board won’t work

Financial Services Union calls for other stakeholders to help bank behaviour change

Sat Oct 13 2018 - 05:38

Ulster Bank tells staff of plan to eliminate 54 branch posts

Move comes on top of 200 job losses among staff addressing mortgage tracker scandal

Wed May 16 2018 - 18:12

Ulster Bank agrees to pay rise for staff of up to 5%

A ballot of Financial Services Union members on the proposal is set to get underway

Tue Jan 09 2018 - 16:18

Central Bank’s Mary O’Dea quits for banking institute

O’Dea to succeed Feeney as chief executive of Institute of Banking

Thu Dec 07 2017 - 06:15

Ulster Bank salary range move prompts union to halt pay ballot

Implementation ‘unacceptable, bad industrial relations’, says Financial Services Union

Thu Jan 19 2017 - 05:45

Ulster Bank staff in line for a 2 per cent pay increase

Bank and FSU yet to agree on a plan to change salary ranges in the Republic

Wed Jan 11 2017 - 18:45

Central Bank markets supervision director to join Standard Life

Gareth Murphy to join pensions giant as deputy group chief risk officer

Wed Oct 05 2016 - 16:34

Ulster Bank and union to extend relationship deal

Deal includes attractive redundancy terms and third-party mediation in disputes

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 06:00

Central Bank splits markets unit as enquiries surge post-Brexit

Philip Lane to set up financial stability directorate in biggest overhaul since his arrival

Mon Sept 19 2016 - 06:00

Central Bank markets supervisor Gareth Murphy quits

Murphy follows in wake of Honohan, Elderfield and Gerlach

Mon Aug 22 2016 - 16:49

Central Bank warns on ‘speculative’ CFD investments

Probability of loss for consumer is very high with contracts for difference, says regulator

Thu Jul 28 2016 - 11:08

Revenue takes aim at opaque financial special purpose vehicles

Move follows Revenue concerns about SPV charitable structures, reported by ‘The Irish Times’

Sun Jul 24 2016 - 15:48

Revenue queries use of registered charities in “shadow banking”

Concerns raised about corporate law firm Matheson’s use of registered charities to facilitate the tax avoidance

Thu Jul 07 2016 - 06:12