Ingrid Miley

Industry and Employment Correspondent

Labour's Marie Sherlock said the legislation was an important development for workers' rights

Tánaiste undermining EU minimum wage directive - Labour

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has been accused of attempting to undermine draft EU legislation aimed at boosting workers' rights on minimum wages.

Politics • 07 Feb 21

Employers must ensure a safe workplace for their staff, including those working from home

Employers warned over conditions for remote workers

Employers have been warned they could be exposed to legal claims if they fail to ensure that staff working from home have a safe environment.

Coronavirus • 04 Feb 21

RTÉ is also launching a Voluntary Exit Programme seeking 60-70 job cuts

RTÉ proposes pay cuts and redundancies to reduce costs

RTÉ has published proposals to implement a package of cuts to salaries, jobs and sick pay in a bid to address the financial difficulties facing the station.

Business • 03 Feb 21

Six former Debenhams workers protested outside the company's Patrick Street store in Cork this morning

Tánaiste says Govt has honoured Debenhams obligations

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has told former Debenhams employees that the Government has honoured its obligations to them and exhausted all avenues for a resolution.

Ireland • 03 Feb 21

The document includes definitions of what does and does not constitute bullying

Cyber-bullying addressed in workplace Code of Practice

The Government has published a new Code of Practice on workplace bullying, which will apply whether employees work at fixed locations, remotely or are mobile.

Ireland • 03 Feb 21

83% of the population receive their drinking water from Irish Water

SIPTU warns of strike action over Irish Water plans

SIPTU has warned that its members in local authority water services will take industrial action up to and including strike action if the government attempts to impose measures to transfer them to the Irish Water utility without agreement.

Ireland • 02 Feb 21

Over 23,000 people closed their PUP claims in January to return to work

PUP numbers increase by less than 1%

Almost 480,000 people will receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week, an increase of 4,269 or less that 1%, according to the latest figures from the Department of Social Protection.

Business • 01 Feb 21

ISME says the State pensions scheme discriminates against private sector workers

ISME plans legal challenge to State pensions scheme

The small firms body ISME is to launch a crowdfunding campaign to fund a legal challenge to the State pensions system on the grounds that it discriminates against private sector workers.

Ireland • 01 Feb 21

David Begg (above) replaces Paul Duffy, who chaired the WRC from 2015 (File image)

David Begg appointed WRC chairperson for five-year term

Former General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions David Begg has been appointed Chairperson of the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland • 01 Feb 21

Robert Watt is currently Secretary General in the Department of Health on an interim basis

€81,000 pay hike for senior official raised at PAC

The decision to raise the pay of the incoming Secretary General of the Department of Health by €81,000 to €292,000 per year "stinks to the high heavens," the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee heard today.

Ireland • 29 Jan 21