Economy Minimum wage should be increased by €2 from January - ICTUIn a submission to the Low Pay Commission, the body has said there should also be a further €2 increase in January 2025 in order to provide a decent standard of living for lower paid workers
Industrial Relations House prices will have to fall if we don’t want our kids to emigrateOwen Reidy of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions says homeowners must be prepared to take the possible hit on property values, as current spiralling house prices are creating a situation where we are ‘exporting our kids’
Gender Equality Gender pay gap reports should motivate firms to change, says union‘The biggest motivator for companies is the damage that can be done to their brands,’ says Laura Bambrick of Ictu
Budget 2023 Public sector unions to ballot members over 6.5% pay increaseTalks between unions and government have been ongoing for months, and are driven by the cost-of-living crisis
Budget 2023 Minister asks unions to show flexibility in new pay deal talksTalks are due to resume, with unions demanding a ‘significant improvement’ on pay offer, but minister asking them to take into account upcoming cost of living measures
politics State may cut number of reasons employers can give for refusing remote work requestsThe remote working bill has proved controversial with unions, partly because it gives businesses 13 grounds on which to refuse a worker’s remote work request
Public sector changes: Rolling back the ‘free’ hours, but at what cost to the state? The troika-driven deal which obliged nurses, gardaí and civil servants to do extra work hours is set to reversed, but what will the impact be?
Varadkar wanted to ‘move with speed’ on delayed EU-Canada trade deal Ceta was due to be ratified in the Dáil last December only for row to break out within Green Party
The pensions problem: who will pay for our next rainy day?The social insurance fund was running out of money even before it was used to pay for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment – but raising the pension age is an issue few parties want to confront