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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Key board members handed new briefs following IBEC review

THE employers' organisation IBEC has completed its first major strategic review since it was established in 1993.

business

IBEC: Free movement for EU workers a success in Ireland

Decision on EU workers ‘vindicated’

news

Ireland leads the way in EU with lowest female unemployment

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Union chief warns about pay talks amid permits call

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Inequality street

Children bad for career, say working mothers

HAVING a baby is bad for your career - with one-in-three working mothers saying they are less likely to be promoted since having a child.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2005

‘100,000 new childcare places needed by 2016’

UP to 100,000 additional childcare places should be put in place by 2016, employers body IBEC and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) said yesterday.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2005

New EU states boost workforce by 100,000

MORE THAN 100,000 workers from the 10 accession countries have applied for social security numbers since the nations joined the EU last year.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2005

Budget 'fails' parents as childcare bills soar

By Claire O'Sullivan

Tue, 01 Mar, 2005

Budget 'fails' parents as childcare bills soar

WORKING parents are paying up to €10,000 a year per child in crèche fees and have been totally ignored in the Budget, unions and opposition parties claimed last night.

Fri, 03 Dec, 2004

‘Older people can be major business asset’

OLDER people can be a major business asset, a seminar was told in Dublin yesterday.

Wed, 12 Nov, 2003