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Concerns over pressures on healthcare workers - ICTU


At the ICTU Executive Council meeting, today affiliated Trade Unions representing healthcare workers both North and South of the border raised concerns about the long-term effects on this workforce of the pandemic and the continuing pressures of providing care in hospitals and long-term care...
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Grief in the workplace - Responding to suicide guide


Congress was involved today in the launch of “Grief in the Workplace Responding to Suicide – A Guide for Employers”. The full guide and accompanying E-learning course can be accessed here, The resource was developed in partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation, the HSE National Office of Suicide...
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Ireland’s new Right to Disconnect: How it works


Work-life balance has always been a priority for trade unions. The eight-hour day campaign was one of our earliest and most far-reaching achievements. It has benefited generations of workers. In recent years however, the short working day has come under threat from an always-on work culture. While...

Trade Unions & Mental Health eBook

Mental health is an issue for us all. According to Mental Health Ireland everybody will experience some kind of mental health issue during their lives, with the vast majority coping and making a full recovery. The risk of mental health problems has been compounded during the Covid-19 pandemic with a...

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Sick pay is getting better


Ireland is completely out of line with European norms in not requiring employers to continue to pay a worker’s wage if sick and unable to work. That is about to change. The pandemic widely exposed the big failings in how we look after our workers when they are unable to work, the lack of a legal...
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Response to Cabinet decision on Covid workplace restrictions - ICTU


Responding to the decision taken by the Government to continue with the application of protective measures within the workplace, Irish Congress of Trade Unions General Secretary Patricia King said: 'ICTU’s primary concern is keeping workers safe and ensuring that all workplaces are as safe as...

Congress Friday Briefing: A breath of fresh air

While schools, much of hospitality and others have already opened, we will have, from Monday 20th, a wider return to workplaces in most sectors. In our Friday briefing on Friday 17th September we will focus on two aspects of Covid-19 infection prevention that are widely misunderstood – mask-wearing...

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Worker Safety 'a top priority' as Covid restrictions eased


The Irish Congress of Trade Unions said today (Aug. 31) that ensuring workers can “return to the workplace safely must be a top priority” for Government plans on the lifting of Covid 19 restrictions and reopening the wider economy. Speaking in response to the publication of the official plan...
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