Siptu lodges pay claim for HSE staff in row over cutsThe country’s largest union Siptu is to lodge a claim for a 3Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
Molloy did not threaten legal action - CowenTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said that former director general of Fás Rody Molloy did not threaten legal action during negotiations…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Alternative health cuts plan consideredTHE HSE is understood to have told the Government that it could reduce costs by inviting GPs and pharmacists to tender for the…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
HSE tells unions it may seek compulsory redeploymentTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told trade unions that as part of any new arrangements to redeploy staff it will initially…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Frontline staff form anti-cuts allianceUnions and associations representing around 100,000 public servants who provide round-the-clock frontline services have said …Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
HSE claims McCarthy cuts would save €300mTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told the Government that it believes that controversial cost-reduction proposals recommended…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Begg warns of pay cut resistanceThe general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has said he would expect a "strong level of resistance" by…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
HSE to look again at redeployment planTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is to review its controversial proposals to allow it to redeploy staff on a compulsory basis…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Union reaches agreement with Gresham HotelTRADE UNION Siptu has said that it has reached agreement with management at the Gresham Hotel in a row over redundancies.Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Ictu to mount opposition to cutbacksTrade unions are to launch a “sustained campaign of opposition” to pay cuts, job losses, reduced public services and aggressive…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
HSE warns of €1.4bn funding shortageTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has warned the Government that it could face a funding shortage of nearly €1Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
TD rejects 'neo-liberal agenda' claimWORKERS' RIGHTS: FOUR CASES involving workers’ rights that were the subject of controversial rulings by the European Court of…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Ictu set to consider opposition to cutbacksTHE EXECUTIVE of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is expected to consider proposals for a “sustained campaign” of opposition…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Cases could not have happened hereFour cases involving workers' rights which were the subject of controversial rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) could…Sun Sept 13 2009 - 01:00
Union urges No vote over employment standardsTEEU: THE GENERAL secretary-designate of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), Eamon Devoy, has said that his…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
HSE warns cutting 3,500 jobs will badly hit servicesTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told the Government it could shed up to 3,500 jobs next year to live within proposed cutbacks…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Ministers' ability hard to assess, IPA toldTHE ANNUAL output statements produced by Government Ministers to account for their spending are lacking targets and data, which…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
McCarthy wants pay cut as State 'bust'THE AUTHOR of the recent review on Government spending has told a conference the country is bust and that cutbacks are unavoidable…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Cowen warns pay cuts may be needed to tackle deficitIPA CONFERENCE: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has signalled that pay reductions in the public sector could be back on the agenda for…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Cowen indicates Govt may review public sector payTaoiseach Brian Cowen indicated today the Government may look again at public sector pay rates as part of its bid to tackle to…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Unions campaign against 'Bord Snip'Unions who represent more than 100,000 public servants providing round the clock services are to launch a campaign of opposition…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
FG seeks space for Coca Cola talksFine Gael has called on management at Coca Cola to defer controversial plans to out-source 130 jobs and on unions to suspends…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Siptu backs Lisbon TreatyThe country's largest trade union, Siptu, has said it is in favour of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
TEEU calls for No vote on LisbonThe electricians’ and engineering union, the TEEU, has said it will be opposing the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Department outlines case to cap or cut pay of top public servantsA CAP or cut in pay at the top level of the public sector could send a positive signal to the international investment community…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon bolsters worker rights - unionA group of trade union leaders have launched a campaign for a “yes” vote in the forthcoming Lisbon referendum, arguing that it…Tue Sept 01 2009 - 01:00
Medical cards worth €500m to doctorsFIGURES TO be published next month by the Health Service Executive will show that the State last year paid out close to €500 …Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Unite trade union calls for No vote on LisbonONE OF the country’s largest trade unions, Unite, is to call on its 60,000 members to vote No in the forthcoming referendum on…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
GP's fees for medical card scheme top €1m for first timeFOR THE first time ever a GP’s medical practice has received more than €1 million in fees for operating the general medical services…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Financial Regulator's control of VHI postponed as €100m injection neededPLANS TO bring the country’s largest health insurer, the VHI, under the regulation of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
HSE to begin centralisation of medical card processingTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) said last night it would begin the first phase of a planned centralisation of the processing…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
Pilots take Aer Lingus to court over pay arrearsA GROUP of pilots at Aer Lingus has begun a High Court action against the company for failing to pay an increment due earlier…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
Pickets at Coca-Cola plants over outsourcingPICKETS WERE yesterday placed in Cork, Tuam, Waterford, Tipperary and Cork in a dispute over plans to outsource about 130 jobs…Fri Aug 28 2009 - 01:00
Union and HSE to begin talks over centralisation planTALKS WILL begin today at the Labour Relations Commission in a bid to avert a possible dispute over plans by the Health Service…Fri Aug 28 2009 - 01:00
Public health doctors to get pay increases of almost €10,000TOP PUBLIC health doctors are to receive pay increases of nearly €10,000 under two separate increases which have been sanctioned…Thu Aug 27 2009 - 01:00
Union set to picket Coca-Cola centres over outsourcingPICKETS ARE expected to be placed at Coca-Cola’s main distribution centres around the country from tomorrow in a row over out…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Unions to meet on threat to out-of-hours pay and benefitsUNIONS REPRESENTING staff in the public sector who provide around-the-clock services are to hold talks on a common approach to…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
LRC mediates in medical card disputeTHE LABOUR Relations Commission (LRC) has intervened in the row between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and trade union Impact…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Key decisions on public sector facing Government and unionsANALYSIS : Public sector reform is based on a “more for less” principle at a time of increasing demand on servicesTue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Union call to appoint mediator in dispute rejectedREACTION: THE GOVERNMENT has no plans to appoint a mediator to try to bring about a settlement to the dispute involving pharmacists…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
HSE outlines threats of violence and verbal abuseTHE HEALTH Service Executive has said that a number of threats of violence have been made against locum pharmacists working in…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Numbers covered by private health insurance falling - reportTHE NUMBERS covered by private health insurance are falling and the decline is likely to accelerate, the regulator has told the…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Minimum wage not second best in Europe, report findsTHE MINIMUM wage in Ireland is not as generous in relative terms compared to other countries when it was adjusted to reflect …Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
HSE contingency plan failed first test, claim pharmacistsPHARMACISTS HAVE said that contingency arrangements put in place by the Health Service Executive to dispense drugs and medicines…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Siptu leader sees no potential for deal on social partnershipTHE LEADER of the country’s largest trade union has said he considers that there is now no potential for concluding a social …Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
HSE says protesting pharmacists intimidated its staffTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has made a complaint to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), regulator for the pharmacy…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Lowry in on Doncaster deal, new letter claimsMORIARTY TRIBUNAL: A NORTHERN Ireland businessman claimed in a letter written in 2002 that the former minister Michael Lowry…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Moriarty receives new property filesThe Moriarty tribunal has said it has received 170 pages of documents in relation to property deals in the UK, some of which …Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Pharmacists may face drug scheme delays, warns HSETHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has told pharmacists planning to withdraw from the State community drug schemes in a row over…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Only 277 civil servants set to go under early retirement schemeA TOTAL of 277 civil servants, including two assistant secretaries, are to leave under the Government’s new incentivised early…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
