Workplace Rights

The Government has published the report of the High-Level Group on Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations. The Group was established last year by the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) in advance of a new EU directive requiring each member state to take action to widely expand (up to 80%)...

ICTU WOMEN'S CONFERENCE CALLS FOR EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND SOLIDARITY. Today, 29 September 2022, nearly 200 senior women trade unionists meet for the first time since March 2020 for the ICTU’s Women’s Conference. Opening the Conference, Women’s Committee Co-Chairs Geraldine Alexander and Margaret...

Launch of “Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Guidance for unions on closing the gender pay gap and bringing the issue into collective bargaining” Speaking at the launch of the guide this morning at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and...

Congress notes the Government approval today for publication of the Work-Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, which will introduce a range of measures required to transpose the EU Work-Life Balance Directive to improve family-friendly work practices and support women in the workforce...

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...

Several years of campaigning by trade unions have paid off for workers in the hospitality sector as from now on tips and gratuities will go directly into their pockets. The Payment of Wages (Tips & Gratuities) Act 2022, was signed into law by the President, Mr. Michael D. Higgins. Clem Shevlin...