Pay agreement covering housing and childcare proposed in industrial talks
Such an agreement could trade pay restraint from unions for tax cuts and better services
Success of pandemic remote working should count if staff wish to operate from home, TD says
Oireachtas enterprise committee debates Bill aimed at giving right to request to work remotely
Grounds for denying remote working to staff may be reduced
Government examining how best to bolster employees’ right of appeal in draft law
Mary Maher memorial event told of splendid journalist and feminist
Celebration of wonderful life on her favourite date of the year – International Workers’ Day
Trade unions to protest outside Russian embassy on Thursday to ‘show solidarity’
Demonstration to mark one month of bloody conflict in Ukraine
Government should have consulted more on ‘useless’ remote work Bill, Oireachtas hears
Tánaiste has ‘listening ear’ and consultation conducted in ‘usual way’, says Department
Employers’ group says law on right to request remote working ‘premature’
Oireachtas committee will also hear from unions as part of pre-legislative scrutiny process
Referendum on housing could be held next year
The Housing Commission has established a referendum subcommittee
Cost of living: Unions call for pay rises of 5.5% for private sector
Ictu general secretary Patricia King calls for relaxing of Small Benefits Exemption rules
Varadkar open to changes to planned law on right to remote working
There are claims the 13 grounds employers can cite in refusing a work-from-home request are weighed in favour of the employer
Grounds for refusing remote working will be key issue in new law, unions say
Fears voiced that remote work could become ‘feminised’; employers urged to be cautious
Bosses can force workers to return to work if contracts oblige, says Tánaiste
Varadkar believes phased return from Monday will be agreed in a ‘very sensible way’
ICTU says Covid-19 stakeholders’ forum must be convened immediately
Irish Rail cancels several commuter services due to Covid-19 and close contact absences
Trade union chief warns ‘feral capitalism’ will resist expansion of collective bargaining
Expert group yet to reached ‘preferred option’ for union/employer engagement
Climate Change Advisory Council: Exactly who sits on it?
A guide to influential representatives from science, academia, business and unions
Group calls on Minister to widen scheme for undocumented workers
Plans to regularise status may see thousands of migrants and their children excluded
Government wants remote working to become ‘permanent fixture’ as workplaces prepare to reopen
Phased return to the office to begin on Monday as Covid restrictions eased
Unions urge Taoiseach not to reduce PUP levels
Ictu says current rates should remain in sectors which are still not open
Ictu says State must use primary legislation to set out workers’ employment status
Unions claim move to publish updated code of practice ‘wholly inadequate’ to tackle misclassifying of workers as self-employed
Government to offer interest-free loans to firms struggling to pay redundancy
Taoiseach promises ‘bespoke approach’ for calculation of redundancy for workers
Remote working likely a ‘win-win’ for workers and rural areas – unions
Any bid to use changed arrangements to push return to piecework ‘will be vigorously resisted’
What happens next on Climate Bill in build-up to Ireland’s first carbon budget?
Government has approved the appointment of three new members to the Climate Change Advisory Council
Meat processing sector’s viability falling even pre-Covid, Ictu says
Meat processors’ and Government policy has taken a ‘low-road’ approach in recent years
Government’s remote working plan hailed as ‘ambitious vision’ but caution urged
Reaction: Unions say workers’ rights must be strengthened, while Ibec calls for ‘balance’
PUP will be paid to workers laid off in coming days
Workers urged to apply online for Pandemic Unemployment Payment as soon as possible
Brexit: Businesses face potential ‘chaos’ given uncertainty
TDs told lack of detail on what will happen is leaving firms ‘preparing for the unknown’
Government urged to establish new social dialogue structure
Unions say they have no interest in centralised pay bargaining system
Pay hike for 120,000 workers as minimum wage to rise by 10 cent per hour
New hourly rate set at €10.20 will begin in January after decision by the Cabinet
Workers in State-funded health agencies to ballot for industrial action over pay
Unions suggest focus of any action may be on Cork to put pressure on Taoiseach
Low Pay Commission formally recommends 10c rise in national minimum wage
Letter sent to Government after unions withdrew from the commission
Unions quit Low Pay Commission over proposed minimum wage increase
Ictu not prepared to sign up to a proposed increase of 10 cent per hour in rate
Construction workers vote for industrial action over 2.7% pay increase
Unions say workers worked hard to keep sites open, and pay rise is ‘least they deserve’
There should be a threshold of dignity for Debenhams workers
The State must legislate to protect the Debenhams workers and all workers to ensure the agreements they negotiate can and will be honoured
Overseas meat plant workers ‘cheated out of social security rights’
Problems aggravated by ‘unscrupulous practices’ of some agencies, Covid-19 committee told
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