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Letters to the Editor: Medical scientists' pay inequality has fallen off the radar 
One reader highlights an aspect of pay and career inequality, while others consider topics including the recent protests outside Dáil Éireann, and approaches to mental health care

Sat, 23 Sep, 2023

German government and unions agree pay deal for public sector workers
German government and unions agree pay deal for public sector workers
German government officials and trade unions have reached a pay deal for more than 2. 5 million public sector workers, ending a lengthy dispute and heading off the possibility of disruptive all-out strikes. The ver.

Sun, 23 Apr, 2023

Sean O'Riordan: Defence Forces are sleepwalking towards a staffing crisis
Sean O'Riordan: Defence Forces are sleepwalking towards a staffing crisis
Inadequate pay, pensions, and conditions are driving personnel out of Ireland's Army, Air Corps, and Navy

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

Industrial engineers control the automatic arms machine welding robotics in industrial manufacturing factories.
Four government departments miss deadline to publish gender pay gap reports 
Transport, Health, and Foreign Affairs have been late publishing reports in the first year it became mandatory, while Housing has yet to publish

Thu, 12 Jan, 2023

Omagh bombing
Heaton-Harris to announce timing of MLA pay cut ‘very, very soon’
Chris Heaton-Harris has said he will make a statement on when MLAs’ pay will be cut “very, very soon” and said that he believes a deal can be done on the protocol by January.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022

Symbol for gender equality. Hand turns a dice and changes a unequal sign to a equal sign between symbols of men and women.
Why do we consider some work as less valuable than others?
Older female workers in caring roles are more likely to be low paid — that has to change, argues Pat O'Connor

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

Female entrepreneur drawing on whiteboard
Over 70% of schools received no response to ads for teachers
Awarding full-hours contracts would help alleviate recruitment and retention crisis, survey reveals

Wed, 26 Oct, 2022

Cork's Apple workers to get 9.25% pay increase and €1,000 tax-free voucher 
Cork's Apple workers to get 9.25% pay increase and €1,000 tax-free voucher 
Agreement follows more than a year of protracted negotiations between company and staff 

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

Cabinet meeting - Dublin
Leo Varadkar: Restoring the wages of high earners is not a pay rise
The restoration of pre-austerity wages for Ireland’s highest-paid public servants should not be misrepresented as a pay rise, the Tanaiste has insisted.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

New Cabinet 30th Dail
Daniel McConnell: Pay restoration for public servants a politically delicate issue
Restoration of wages to highly-paid public servants comes at the worst possible time for the Government as the public sees their wages wiped out by rising inflation

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

Number of HSE staff on over €500k doubles in a year while complaints show slight rise
Number of HSE staff on over €500k doubles in a year while complaints show slight rise
A total of 5,415 formal complaints were recorded and examined in 2021 — a rise of 21 cases from 2020

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

High angle view of businessman counting money
Irish Examiner view: Is this a new era of wage negotiation?
Government and public sector unions willing to bring issues other than wage packets to the table

Tue, 24 May, 2022

Euro stock
'With this inflation, it’s low-to-middle income people who are going to suffer quite badly'
The Central Statistics Office found prices rose 7% in the year to April, with massive increases in energy costs during that time

Fri, 13 May, 2022

Teachers' pay
Second-level student teachers being 'exploited' over pay
ASTI to campaign for PME students to be paid for all the hours they work in schools during their second year

Wed, 20 Apr, 2022

Majority of teachers say they can't get mortgage approval on current salaries
Majority of teachers say they can't get mortgage approval on current salaries
Among teachers who rent, 98% said it would be either extremely difficult or difficult to secure new accommodation in the locality if they had to vacate their current arrangements

Tue, 19 Apr, 2022

Rear view of a female elementary teacher giving a lesson in the classroom.
Teachers' union calls for pay increases to match inflation
The INTO Congress has heard calls for wage increases for teachers to ensure they 'are not taken for granted'

Mon, 18 Apr, 2022

CC DAVID CULLINANE
23 HSE consultants earned more than €400k in 2020
While nurses get by on an average of €35k to €40k, some clinicians earn salaries of up to €650k, more than the HSE CEO

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

Precarious employment outlook jeopardising Irish academia
Precarious employment outlook jeopardising Irish academia
Higher education is being sustained by highly qualified, low-paid staff on temporary contracts, earning well below a living wage, with no job security.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2022

Hospitals need to double number of critical care beds, IMO warns 
Hospitals need to double number of critical care beds, IMO warns 
Significant investment in medical manpower, general practice, and mental health service is also needed

Mon, 27 Sep, 2021

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
HSE job evaluation scheme saw almost every single applicant promoted
Almost 140 staff were promoted by at least two grades and an internal audit has described the scheme as "unsatisfactory", the lowest possible score on the HSE's scale

Tue, 21 Sep, 2021

Summer weather July 4th 2021
UK wages grow rapidly as firms scramble for staff after Covid lockdown
UK wage growth hit a record as companies posted more than a million new job vacancies for the first time in an unprecedented scramble for staff following the loosening of lockdown rules.

Tue, 17 Aug, 2021

Health worker pay
Pay rise offer a ‘kick in the teeth’, NHS staff say 
NHS staff say they are dealing with a 'massive haemorrhage' of workers following the pandemic and said the proposal was insulting

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021

The Career Coach: How to ask your boss for a pay rise
The Career Coach: How to ask your boss for a pay rise
Advance your professional life with help from our careers agony aunt Angela Burke

Mon, 24 May, 2021

RTÉ staff reject proposed pay cuts
RTÉ staff reject proposed pay cuts
Some 87% of those polled voted against the cuts and other measures, which are part of a three-year plan designed to save €60m

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

A year with Covid
UK health service pay rise of 1% is half of what was included in budgets, says trusts group
The organisation said detailed work had been conducted by the NHS on a long-term plan in which it claimed the UK Government assumed an NHS pay rise in 2021/22 of 2.1%, not 1%.

Sat, 06 Mar, 2021

Uplift Rally at Coombe Womens Hospital
Clodagh Finn: Women’s voices are still not being heard in the public domain
There is a very long tradition of silencing women in public.

Wed, 10 Feb, 2021

Coronavirus - Tue Jun 2, 2020
Conor King: Manning up to our defence responsibility
The Irish Defence Forces have never been weaker, but a new commission provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform and modernise it, writes Conor King

Tue, 29 Dec, 2020

PDForra secures compensation for alleged breaches of Working Time Directive
PDForra secures compensation for alleged breaches of Working Time Directive
A Defence Forces representative association has scored two more victories in a battle with the Department of Defence by gaining compensation for alleged breaches of the Working Time Directive (WTD) and getting an increase in technical grade pay for ...

Tue, 29 Dec, 2020

Female Doctor or Nurse Wearing Scrubs and Protective Mask and Goggles Banner
Government scored 'own goal' over student nurses pay, say Fine Gael TDs
Party is 'carrying the can' on the issue, claims Cork North-Central TD Colm Burke

Wed, 09 Dec, 2020

Irish Government formation talks
Leo Varadkar: Statutory sick pay must be fair for workers and employers
Introducing statutory sick pay in Ireland will not place an undue cost burden on employers, the TĂĄnaiste has insisted. Leo Varadkar said any scheme must protect low paid and vulnerable workers as well as being fair and affordable for businesses.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2020

Taoiseach denies leaving low-paid workers 'out in the cold'
Taoiseach denies leaving low-paid workers 'out in the cold'
Government accused of 'turning its back' on workers on minimum pay

Wed, 23 Sep, 2020

Emergency Services Stock
Update: Frontline ambulance workers pay issue resolved, staff to receive full wages
Arrangements have been made this evening to ensure that frontline ambulance workers receive their full wages this week.

Tue, 01 Sep, 2020

Coronavirus - Mon Jul 20, 2020
'This is how they repay us?': UK frontline workers excluded from pay rise
Frontline workers excluded from the public sector pay rise said they feel undervalued and like “our lives don’t matter”. Almost 900,000 workers are set to benefit from the pay rise, with teachers and doctors seeing the largest increase at 3. 1% and 2.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2020

Coronavirus - Wed Jun 17, 2020
Leaving out social care staff and nurses from UK public sector pay rises ‘shocking’
Social care providers have accused the British Government of “sidestepping” the issue of low pay for care staff, while professions covered by the public sector pay rise warned of a blow to morale and struggles retaining staff.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2020

Minimum wage set to increase early next year
Minimum wage set to increase early next year

The national minimum wage is set to increase by 30 cent on February 1, 2020.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2019

'A simple statement can put this matter to bed' - Flanagan responds to Dara Murphy DĂĄil attendance record
'A simple statement can put this matter to bed' - Flanagan responds to Dara Murphy DĂĄil attendance record

The Justice Minister has said that Dara Murphy needs to set the record straight about his DĂĄil attendance record and claimed allowances.

Sat, 30 Nov, 2019

Ministers: Nurses’ pay deal won’t result in cuts
Ministers: Nurses’ pay deal won’t result in cuts

The Government is seeking to downplay fears that surging nurses’ pay deal costs could force the health service to seek extra funds or cut back services. , insisting money is available to operate the system.

Tue, 16 Jul, 2019

Reserve Defence Forces Association claim Minister has 'essentially forgotten about their existence'
Reserve Defence Forces Association claim Minister has 'essentially forgotten about their existence'

Members of the country's Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) are being paid on average 18% less than the rates being given to their counterparts in the regular forces.

Tue, 14 May, 2019

Increase in builders' minimum pay rates heavily criticised by business groups and unions
Increase in builders' minimum pay rates heavily criticised by business groups and unions

The Small Firms Association has branded the decision to grant a near 3% increase in minimum pay rates for building and electrical contractors "disappointing" and said the move will make it more difficult for small companies in the sector to compete.

Fri, 10 May, 2019

Pay increases for electrical and construction workers
Pay increases for electrical and construction workers

Minimum rates of pay for workers in the construction sector are set to rise by 5.4% while rates in the electrical sector will increase by 2.7%.

Fri, 10 May, 2019

Civil servants and managers want pay restoration, union says
Civil servants and managers want pay restoration, union says

A union representing 3,000 senior civil servants and managers is calling for an early review of the current public pay agreement.

Fri, 10 May, 2019

Political class must resist all greedy pay calls
Political class must resist all greedy pay calls

It wouldn’t be Easter week without it.

Sat, 27 Apr, 2019

TUI: 'Palpable anger and frustration' about pay discrepancies for teachers
TUI: 'Palpable anger and frustration' about pay discrepancies for teachers

There is 'palpable anger and frustration' about ongoing pay discrepancies for teachers in Ireland.

Tue, 23 Apr, 2019

Issue of pay inequality for teachers 'unfinished business', says Education Minister
Issue of pay inequality for teachers 'unfinished business', says Education Minister

Education Minister Joe McHugh has said that he cannot commit to a timeline to end pay inequality for teachers.

Tue, 23 Apr, 2019

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