Building unions are to present plans for a 7.5% wage cut to their members.

IN spite of a Labour Court recommendation for a 7.5% pay rate reduction, the Construction Industry Federation has given a strong indication it may withdraw its support from the Registered Employment Agreement which decides pay and conditions in the sector.

Construction chiefs are to consider pulling the plug on a pay deal after failing to secure 20% wage cuts for building workers, it was revealed tonight.

Union bosses are throwing their support behind the construction industry's proposal to use private pension funds to build schools, roads and hospitals.

THE Government is still not doing enough to protect workers’ rights, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said.

Thousands of foreign workers are being exploited here every year because they do not know their rights, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has claimed at a march to highlight the issue.

The Minister for Labour Affairs Tony Killeen today announced the appointment of a new board of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA).

THE GOVERNMENT yesterday rejected a report recommending raising the age of retirement to 75 in order to stave off the pensions time-bomb.

IN THIS, the bicentenary of Robert Emmet, it was fitting that one of Ireland’s most charismatic and interesting historical figures should have been commemorated by various cultural events.