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Paternity Leave on the way


A new Paternity Benefit is being introduced next year whereby fathers will, for the first time, have the option of applying for 2 weeks" leave in respect of births from September 2016. This will be paid at €230 per week, based on the same PRSI contributions as required for Maternity Benefit. The...
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TORY AGENDA ON EUROPE THREATENS RIGHTS OF ALL WORKERS


By Owen Tudor* The TUC has long been committed to the model of Social Europe as outlined by Jacques Delors. The deal he set out is still the only deal in town: a free trade area, but not unfettered free trade In other words: Rights at work to counterbalance the right to trade, Free movement of...
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NEW EMPLOYMENT ORDERS MARK SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOW PAY


The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said the signing into law today (Oct. 1) of two new Employment Regulation Orders (EROs) marks "a significant advance in the trade union campaign against low pay and precarious employment." Congress General Secretary Patricia King said the restoration of the...
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Decent Work in SDG's - Letter to Irish Times


Sir, Sorcha Pollak took us on a whistle-stop tour (Making poverty and inequality history? Sat 19 Sep) of some of the issues covered in the new Sustainable Development Goals to be launched in New York this Friday. It is indeed an ambitious, integrated and universal agenda which Ireland, and most...
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Cautious welcome for proposed paid parental leave scheme


Cautious welcome for paid parental leave scheme proposed in Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Future Investment in Early Years and School Age Care and Education Services Commenting on the launch of the Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Future Investment in Early Years...

Charter for Fair Conditions at Work

A living wage affords an individual sufficient income to achieve an agreed, acceptable minimum standard of living, taking account of the need for food, clothing, heating, accommodation, transport and other essential costs. Currently, it is estimated that in order to earn a living income from full...

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