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AIB workers to receive up to 3.5% pay rise after agreement with union
FSU recommend its members accept the deal following ‘intensive negotiations’
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While many firms have tightened their hybrid work policies, most still recognise the importance of flexibility as a powerful staff retention tool
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Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working
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AIB sticking to new hybrid-working plan as of January despite staff rejection
Lender says employees will work from one of its offices for a minimum of three days a week from January
Workers unlikely to be the winners as new norm on working from home takes shape
Friction being caused by return to the office mandates
Financial Services Union opens ballot on AIB hybrid working regime
Lender informed staff of its plans in July
Hybrid working: More firms insist on four and five days in office, Ibec research finds
Government rules on remote working have had little impact
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Bank of Ireland opening four new hybrid hubs even as talks continue at WRC over return to office mandate
Women and hybrid workers face more obstacles to promotion, data shows
Men consistently advance faster than women, with 10% of men promoted within 65 months, compared to 74 months for women
Finance union to ballot AIB members on hybrid working plans
Union has called new hybrid working rules ‘regressive’
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Bank of Ireland referred to WRC over planned changes to hybrid working structure
Under the changes, staff would be required to work eight days per month in Dublin office
PwC keeps tight rein on Irish staff’s office attendance
Accountancy firm tracks staff to ensure they meet rules enforcing office presence three days every week
People working on average two hours less a week than before pandemic
Department of Finance report links trend to increased incidence of remote or hybrid working arrangements
‘Traffic-light’ dashboard lets PwC in UK monitor office attendance
Big Four firm checks building pass swipes and WiFi connections to address ‘persistent and deliberate non-compliance’
Union and Bank of Ireland in row over changes to hybrid working arrangements
FSU instructs members in BOI to continue current working practices and not to agree to changes due to take effect on September 1st
Action needs to be taken to reverse recent decline in women securing leadership roles in Irish business
The odds are still stacked against women due to structural barriers and systemic biases that block their progression
‘A solution to a problem that didn’t exist’: AIB staff angered by cut to hybrid working
‘Be under no illusions of where we stand and how we are “valued” by the organisation,’ one staff member said
AIB calls eligible staff into office three days a week
Lender will have tightest hybrid working rules among Irish retail banks
The motherhood penalty: ‘Once they’re in bed, you log back on at 9pm or 10pm and work’
Hybrid and flexible work helps but juggling work and children is stressful and requires both support and organisation
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Working from home is here to stay despite what some bosses think
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Gen Z is leading the charge back to the office
Data shows younger staff – more than baby boomers – crave the connection and routine of in-person work
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With working from home more common in the wake of Covid-19, more people are living farther from Dublin and other cities
Hybrid working is not going anywhere
Survey of IT decision makers shows vast majority are still catering to remote employees and expect little change
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Ryan Roslansky recently opened the professional networking platform’s new offices in Dublin
Remote working is here to stay and has whole new language about ‘hidden hybrid’ and ‘mouse jiggling’
Reports of the death of remote working are ‘greatly exaggerated’, says ICTU with numbers of those ‘remarkably high, this far out of lockdown’
Office attendance is becoming a performance metric
Return to work mandates can weed out underperforming staff but risk pushing away valued workers
Civil servants’ union aims to stop department ‘solo runs’ on hybrid working
Minister says increased office attendance is needed for sufficient ‘in-person interaction with colleagues’
Most Irish staff feel financial stress and would reject new post to keep hybrid working, report finds
Some 84% of employers are planning salary increases averaging 3.4 per cent this year, says Cpl
The baffling working from home puzzle. Something doesn’t make sense
Businesses are tightening hybrid work rules but homeworking levels have so far barely budged
Number of fully remote job ads shrinks again
Data shows proportion of fully remote vacancies close to its lowest level since 2019
Irish law firm Mason Hayes & Curran increases fee income to €122m
Company chief Will Carmody targets similar rate of growth for 2025 in bid to compete with big firms in Irish market
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Number of employers planning to offer remote or hybrid working to attract new staff halves - survey
Employers’ attitude could prove counterproductive amid shortage of skilled workers
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