Unions welcome restoration of public-sector employees’ working time

Former Workplace Relations Commission chairman Kieran Mulvey chaired the independent body which prepared the report. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Fórsa and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are among unions welcoming the announcement that public sector employees’ working time is to be restored to pre-austerity levels.

It comes after the Government accepted a report on restoration of public-service working time. The independent body which prepared the report, established under the Building Momentum public service agreement and chaired by Kieran Mulvey, made the recommendation in January.