Now is the time for Ireland to consider a fair-work agenda
Europe proposes minimum wage floor, ways to tackle in-work poverty
Will Covid make the jobs market more unfair?
Pandemic may accelerate divide between low-paid service jobs and more secure employment
Pandemic has shown how ‘undervalued’ frontline workers were – Higgins
President tells UN group ‘we must free ourselves from failed model of economy’
We must prepare for the changes in employment that will follow Covid-19
‘Just Transition’ principles must be embedded in the response to workplace vulnerability
Rights activist calls for child protection from online threats
Kailash Satyarthi discusses child labour, slavery and trafficking with Taoiseach
Changing to meet new needs
Are organisational structures reflecting the requirement to optimise staff skills, nurture leadership potential and empower employees?
Longer working lives set to become blend of high touch and high tech
Increased longevity and pressure on pension system set to transform work landscape
Seanad passes Bill providing collective pay bargaining for self-employed
Senator Ged Nash says he expects Bill will be law next year
Work permits prove hard to come by for Syrians in Turkey
Brussels may think refugees get jobs in Turkey easily. The truth is very different
Youth unemployment is EU’s biggest challenge - Higgins
‘People, in any version of EU, require much more than being allowed to survive’ - President
Fishing industry’s slim margins generates perfect storm
Bord Iascaigh Mhara statistics conflict with International Transport Federation claims
Wage disparity between men and women is widening
Ireland is no exception to global trend with gender pay gap growing 14.4%
Life in Vietnam factory: forced overtime and €25 a week
In globalised world, country has proved to be a strong ally of foreign capital
Legal Opinion: Proper oversight needed of employment contracts
It is highly likely that many private sector pay cuts ‘agreed’ by employees in recent years were implemented in a context where the employees may have felt they had no other option, given the economic environment
Bangladesh factory disaster forces West to think about high cost of cheap clothes
The Rana Plaza collapse has led to calls for drastic reform of the garment industry
Bangladesh factory disaster victims still waiting for compensation
Leading brands yet to agree arrangements for injured workers and families of 1,129 people killed
New collective bargaining rights could cost jobs and investment, IBEC says
Unions expected to step up lobbying before conclusion of Government review
The skills shortage threatening to derail Europe’s hopes of recovery
Ecoomic competitiveness and prosperity could be undermined unless gap in qualifications is addressed
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