Sick leave in the public service cost more than €380m last year.

Unions are calling on the Government to waste no time restoring pay equality for new public service recruits.

Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) have voted overwhelmingly to reject the Government’s latest pay deal.

London's public transport system is running free-of-charge today, because of a technical glitch.

Public servants should be given bonuses if they perform well, but lose their automatic pay increases every year, according to Renua.

Despite a devastating four-year drought that has forced strict water conservation measures across California, most Los Angeles County supervisors have their cars washed two or three times a week, a newspaper reported.

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Upcoming talks on pay restoration in the public service must recognise the productivity given by staff and must not come at the expense of further changes to terms and conditions of employment, a senior trade union figure insisted.

Ahead of this afternoon’s announcement of the Government’s spring statement, public service unions have been setting out their stall as to what they want for their members from a rejuvenated state bank balance.

Low-paid public service workers will be the first to see their pay restored under a new round of pay talks but the process of reinstating previous salary levels could take years, it has emerged.