Equality

Early Years Professionals secure first pay deal setting minimum wages in sector Congress welcomes the establishment today of an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) in the early childhood care and education sector that sets minimum pay rates across a range of grades. It is the first ever such deal for...

Lower minimum wage rates are outdated, out of line with EU norms and law and grossly unfair to young workers and good employers writes our social policy officer, Dr Laura Bambrick. The minimum hourly wage is the lowest rate of pay an employer can legally pay their workers. It is currently set at €10...

Congress has partnered with FSU in a series of webinars marking the 40th anniversary of the passing of a motion in support of Gay Rights in Ireland. You can watch the sessions here 1: Standing in Solidarity Our panel discuss the background leading up to the passing of the motion in support of gay...

​Congress notes the announcement today – International Women’s Day - regarding the introduction of gender pay gap reporting in 2022. While it is a significant development that Employers with 250 employees or more will be obliged to choose a ‘snapshot’ date of their employees in June 2022 and to...

General Secretary Patricia King has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has started a war in Europe that diplomacy has failed to avert. Patricia King said ‘our first thoughts must be with the citizens of Ukraine, the men, women, and children whose lives have been endangered by President...