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Employment

Manufacturing

Irish manufacturing conditions deteriorate at sharpest pace for three years - AIB index

Purchasing activity fell, inventory levels were scaled back, and business sentiment remained ‘historically subdued’
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • June 1, 2023
census 2022

Ten things to take away from Census 2022

Dramatic changes recorded in the realms of population size, religion and education
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • May 30, 2023
Legal

RTÉ challenges decision that Late Late band member is an ‘employee’

A review of contracts by the Department of Social Protection led to a decision that drummer Ray McCann is an employee but RTÉ’s director of human resources claims this is incorrect
  • Catherine Sanzand
  • Barry J Whyte
  • May 28, 2023
Employment

Employment rate reaches record high with 2.6m working - CSO

70 per cent of females under 64 have jobs, the highest number recorded
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • May 24, 2023
Manufacturing

US firms open OLED manufacturing plant in Shannon with €10m investment

UDC/PPG-owned facility currently staffs 50 and intends to double its workforce with further investment
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • May 18, 2023
business

TikTok sensation Shein sets up EMEA headquarters in Dublin

Chinese fast fashion business plans to hire 30 people in Ireland before the end of the year
  • Emmet Ryan
  • May 11, 2023
Construction

Activity in construction sector slows for sixth month in a row – report

In response to the higher new order intakes, companies added to their headcounts again in March however
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • April 17, 2023
Employment

Professional services firm Azets Ireland to create 120 jobs

Azets is also looking to hire a number of people for its recently created entry-level and graduate positions
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • April 3, 2023
Employment

Ireland facing worst talent shortage in 17 years - report

The study by ManpowerGroup, a recruitment agency, found that four in five employers are struggling to attract talent
  • Emmet Ryan
  • March 14, 2023
Employment

95% of Irish employees want four day work week – survey

The number of workplaces that have either implemented or are trialling a four-day working week has dropped
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • March 13, 2023
Tech

Number of confirmed layoffs in tech sector ‘almost certain’ to be an underestimate – Central Bank

A number of large multi-national firms in the Information and Communication Technology services sector announced reductions to their global workforces last year and early this year
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • March 6, 2023
Employment

Employers likely to give pay rises of up to 5%

Seven in ten employers increased salaries to retain staff in 2022, according to the survey.
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • March 1, 2023
Employment

‘Two-tiered’ work permit system prioritises overseas tech workers over low-paid migrants – NGO

Oireachtas committee to hear calls for review of rules that mean some workers can change jobs after two years while others have to wait five years
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 28, 2023
Cost Of Living Crisis

Irish companies plan to raise pay budgets by 4.5 per cent this year

Survey by employee benefits company WTW finds inflation is main driver of rise in salary budgets
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • January 22, 2023
Tech

Overseas tech workers ‘pausing’ plans to relocate to Ireland - study

Recruitment firm Morgan McKinley says factors including the housing crisis and remote working options have also led technology workers to look elsewhere for employment
  • Cónal Thomas
  • January 16, 2023
Media

Irish staff not informed of job cuts as Reach announces 200 redundancies

Publisher of Irish Mirror and Irish Daily Star is making the cuts as part of a £30m cost-cutting drive
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 11, 2023
Employment

Ireland’s unemployment rate drops in December to 4.3%

December’s rate was lower than the 4.8 per cent level of unemployment recorded pre-pandemic, in December 2019
  • Cónal Thomas
  • January 11, 2023
Employment

70% of staff at Enterprise Ireland-backed firms live outside Dublin as agency reports 20,000 new jobs

The agency’s client companies employed 218,178 people in 2022, with the government praising the ‘regional balance’ of these jobs
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 10, 2023
Tech

Twitter notifies Varadkar of 140 Irish redundancies

Figure is lower than the 250 job cuts previously reported
  • Donal MacNamee
  • November 18, 2022
Tax

Brian Keegan: Despite external risks, domestic policy errors would do more harm

Conditions may be chaotic, but the outlook for the Irish exchequer is not necessarily bleak
  • Brian Keegan
  • November 6, 2022

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