SIPTU claims 52 Fás staff being let go without compensation

FORTY-SIX Fás instructors and six temporary staff are being let go without any compensation, SIPTU has claimed.

The cutbacks, part of a plan by the state training agency to deliver savings of 3% in its wage bill to meet the Government’s public sector targets, come at a time of raging controversy over the expenses of executives within the training body.

Staff members were given the bad news at the same time as it was reported that the organisation’s former director-general, who tendered his resignation on Tuesday, is likely to receive a golden handshake worth at least €300,000 as well as his pension entitlements.