Companies should reveal pay gap between male and female employeesTrade unions urge Government to introduce legislation to force organisations to do soThu Jul 06 2017 - 14:39
Nearly 3,500 assaults on health staff in six years, conference hears‘Dysfunctional’ HSE spends €77m on agency staff in first 18 weeks of 2017Wed Jul 05 2017 - 23:23
Unions call for Government to protect workers hit by BrexitActors’ union warns people working for major TV productions such as ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ may be impactedWed Jul 05 2017 - 15:09
Cabinet to consider new €2bn cancer care strategySimon Harris’s plan will warn that the number of cases of the disease will double in 20 yearsWed Jul 05 2017 - 01:00
Unions warn against threats of AI and Brexit to worker rightsIctu will also resist restrictions on right to strike mooted by Taoiseach, conference toldTue Jul 04 2017 - 19:42
Tax from State-assisted companies should be used for education - PresidentHiggins says day of arguing for a minimal State is overTue Jul 04 2017 - 14:33
Rent allowance rises for prison, fire officers to cost €6.5m a yearSide deal will take effect if public service agreement ratified through union ballotsTue Jul 04 2017 - 01:00
Brexit and housing crisis set to dominate Ictu conferenceMembership in congress-affiliated unions fell by 1% in last yearMon Jul 03 2017 - 18:22
Campaigners urge public service staff to reject pay agreementActivists say union negotiators should be sent back to secure more for workersFri Jun 23 2017 - 15:48
Siptu seeks 18% pay rise over three years for staff in DAATrade union argues increases should not be linked to additional productivityFri Jun 23 2017 - 06:00
Siptu urges members to back new public sector pay dealIrish Medical Organisation defers decision on new accordThu Jun 22 2017 - 17:04
Military officers’ group says it cannot recommend new pay dealRaco says officers recruited after 2013 to lose out on ‘supplementary’ pension benefitFri Jun 16 2017 - 15:17
Over 1,000 clerical staff to be placed on higher pay scaleThousands of civil servants to get additional leave, while some allowances to be restoredWed Jun 14 2017 - 17:09
Impact urges members to back new public service agreementCabinet formally approves terms of draft accordTue Jun 13 2017 - 17:51
ASTI leaders under pressure following strategy U-turnCalls for leadership figures to resign after members vote to suspend industrial actionMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
ASTI members to suspend industrial actionSecondary teachers’ union approves the move at a special convention in DublinSat Jun 10 2017 - 18:21
Primary school teacher union to urge rejection of pay dealINTO opposes public sector deal over ‘inadequate’ provisions for lower-paid teachersFri Jun 09 2017 - 16:46
Groups have mixed views on new public pay agreementASTI head voices extreme disappointment over provisions for new entrantsThu Jun 08 2017 - 18:38
Teachers and gardaí criticise new public service pay dealGRA says requirement for gardaí to pay more for pensions ‘deeply disappointing’Thu Jun 08 2017 - 18:33
TUI says deal ‘wholly inadequate’ in tackling two-tier payTwo-tier pay structure to be assessed overa 12-month period in 2018Thu Jun 08 2017 - 16:55
Analysis: At €880m, public pay deal will not come cheapAverage-earning staff appointed before 2013 to get increases of about €4,000 over 3 yearsThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:22
Draft pay deal: State employees offered average pay rises of 6.6% by 2020Civil and public service staff hired since 2013 are in line for 7% to 10% rises over the periodThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:02
Government pay and pension proposals not yet tabled at talksMeasures on increasing the level of Saturday working have been dilutedWed Jun 07 2017 - 19:42
Second union warns of potential strikes at Iarnród ÉireannRail company says pay rises unaffordable as it is on verge of insolvencyWed Jun 07 2017 - 14:09
Pay talks with State employees to restart this afternoonGovernment negotiators indicate time required to ‘crunch numbers’, say sourcesWed Jun 07 2017 - 06:00
Sides remain divided over public service agreementGovernment insisting on greater pension contributions from most in public serviceWed Jun 07 2017 - 01:00
Train passengers could face widespread travel ‘chaos’, union warnsNational Bus and Rail Union could be ‘forced into’ summer and autumn disruption as it seeks pay risesTue Jun 06 2017 - 15:54
Deep divisions as Government looks to save €550m in pensionsPublic service pay talks continue in Dublin on whether a new public service accord will be agreedTue Jun 06 2017 - 14:16
Iarnród Éireann ‘nearly insolvent’ due to lossesTrain operator says financial position much more severe than that in Bus ÉireannTue Jun 06 2017 - 01:00
Pay and pensions on table as pay talks intensify todayProspects for reaching new accord likely to become clear on Tuesday or WednesdayTue Jun 06 2017 - 00:00
Unions believe talks on public pay deal will end on WednesdayMajor disagreements have arisen on outsourcing and Saturday workingFri Jun 02 2017 - 17:03
HSE says findings of audit into secret payments at St John of God ‘quite shocking’Vatican linked to €1.8m confidential payouts to senior charity chiefsFri Jun 02 2017 - 12:53
HSE audit scathing over St John of God secret payments to managersOrder’s organisational culture failed to meet required standards, audit saysFri Jun 02 2017 - 05:30
Government expected to table new public sector pay proposalsSome unions unhappy at failure of public service managers to get down to specificsTue May 30 2017 - 21:50
Government fails to set out public pay proposalsOfficials have yet to outline specific plans after six days of talks on a new agreementTue May 30 2017 - 01:00
Government reiterates stance on public service pensions in pay talksSiptu argues pay restoration for State employee cannot be linked extra productivity requestsMon May 29 2017 - 13:38
New public service pay deal faces obstacles, union warnsImpact says ‘troubling straws in the wind’ have emerged in talks with GovernmentMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
State needs to spend ‘up to €10bn on healthcare upgrades’Doctors call for investment to bring infrastructure up to adequate standardsMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Unions baulk at Government wish list as public sector talks beginProposals on outsourcing could derail deal, and big-ticket items haven’t even come up yetSat May 27 2017 - 01:00
Public servants’ Saturday payment set for reviewState wants to add provision for potential introduction of Saturday work to agreementFri May 26 2017 - 22:11
Siptu to keep political fund despite break from Labour PartySpecial conference agrees to increase contributions from 63c per year to €1.04Thu May 25 2017 - 22:00
Siptu to block pay agreement if outsourcing protections easedRepresentatives to reject any attempt to force gardaí to pay higher pension contributionsThu May 25 2017 - 21:54
Abolishing extra public service hours ‘would cost €621m per year’Government defends additional hours requirement on third day of pay talksWed May 24 2017 - 16:29
Unions in pay talks oppose plan to allow more outsourcingGovernment to set out pension reform plans during further discussions on WednesdayTue May 23 2017 - 20:57
Unite would not attend Labour Court if members banned from strikingUnion criticises Varadkar’s proposals as ‘anti-worker and anti-democratic’Tue May 23 2017 - 20:04
Unions told resources for pay rises to be very limited in 2018Government to seek increased productivity and work-practice changes in new pay dealMon May 22 2017 - 19:18
Saturday working could become standard day in public serviceAs part of reforms clock-in would be based on fingerprinting and iris scansMon May 22 2017 - 17:29
Leo Varadkar says he will ban public sector strikes in ‘essential’ areasLeadership candidate threatens to overturn rival Simon Coveney’s ‘help to buy’ planMon May 22 2017 - 15:00
Ross says Bus Éireann can be successful as unions agree to pay cutsProposals include 10% pay cuts to earnings over €60k and the closure of Dundalk garageMon May 22 2017 - 13:47
Public service unions divided ahead of crucial pay talksConcerns that process – due to start today – could be delayed by FG leadership situationMon May 22 2017 - 01:00
