4.3% fall in Pandemic Unemployment Payment numbers The numbers receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment continues to fall but at a slower rate, according to the latest figures published this afternoon. Business • 04 Aug 20
Fidelity Investments and HyperCurrent create new jobs Financial services firm Fidelity Investments will create 100 jobs in Ireland over the coming months, while a global software company is to create 40 new … Business • 28 Apr 20
Legacy of Covid-19 will long linger over labour force The legacy of the coronavirus for the labour force may take a long time to pass and represent a poisoned chalice for the incoming administration, … Analysis and Comment • 09 Apr 20
Number of employed people rose by 3.5% last year - CSO The number of people in employment rose by 3.5% in the year to last December, according to the latest Labour Force Survey statistics from the … Business • 18 Feb 20
Labour promises more protections for workers The Labour Party has pledged to amend the constitution if necessary to deliver the right for every worker to be fully represented by a trade … Campaign Daily • 27 Jan 20
Unemployment rate falls to 4.9% in third quarter - CSO New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the official unemployment rate decreased from 5.2% to 4.9% between the second and third quarters of … Business • 19 Nov 19
Campaign for a four-day working week launched Irish companies that trial a four day working week have been offered supports by a new organisation. 4DWI • 26 Sep 19
Many employed people 'without secured future' Near-full employment is masking the issue of "precarious employment" which is affecting hundreds of thousands of households nationwide, according to SIPTU. Ireland • 30 Aug 19
More support needed for workers over 50 - report Employers should provide additional supports to workers in their 50s to ensure their continued participation in the workplace in future years, according to a new … Ireland • 07 Aug 19
Harland and Wolff officially in administrator's hands Administrators have officially taken control of the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Ulster • 06 Aug 19
Garda deployment to Jordan cancelled over pay dispute The deployment of a team of gardaí to the Middle East as part of the Government's Refugee Protection Programme has been cancelled following a disagreement … Ireland • 22 Jul 19
ESB meets with Moneypoint staff to discuss challenges The ESB has held meetings with staff and union representatives at Moneypoint power station in Co Clare regarding the challenges facing the station. Munster • 08 Jul 19
Unemployment rate revised sharply lower to 4.6% - CSO The Central Statistics Office has sharply revised downwards unemployment rates for March and April, taking the level below 5% for the first time since the … Business • 21 May 19
Stobart Air cabin crew to ballot for industrial action Stobart Air cabin crew are to ballot for industrial action in a dispute over union recognition rights. Employment • 01 Apr 19
Changes to rules for spouses of work permit holders The Government is introducing changes to make it easier for partners and spouses of workers from outside Europe who are employed in Ireland under Critical … Business • 06 Mar 19
Finland's income trial boosts happiness but not jobs Finland's government today announced the first findings from a two-year basic income trial that ended a month ago, with researchers saying it failed to spur … Business • 08 Feb 19
UK job-seekers look to Ireland ahead of Brexit The number of UK based job applicants looking for roles in Ireland has increased by more than a third in the last year, against a … Business • 28 Jan 19
Psychiatric nurses vote in favour of industrial action Psychiatric nurses have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a protest over the "recruitment and retention crisis" … Employment • 17 Dec 18
Workers in HSE-funded agencies back pay equality bid SIPTU members working in 50 HSE-funded health and social care agencies have overwhelmingly backed proposals to address pay inequality in the sector. Employment • 04 Dec 18
Nursing unions to meet with HSE to avert strike action Nursing unions will meet health service management tomorrow morning in a further bid to avert strike action over pay and staff shortages. Ireland • 13 Nov 18
Employment up 3.4% in Q2, according to CSO The number of people in employment in Ireland totalled 2,255,000 in the second quarter of the year, which is up 3.4% from the same quarter … Business • 28 Aug 18
Tuesday lunchtime most popular time to jobhunt - Indeed If you're in the midst of looking for a new job, well then you are most likely to be searching online for employment later today. Business • 22 Aug 18
No-deal Brexit would hit employment rate - Donohoe Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that a no-deal Brexit would adversely affect Ireland's employment rate by around 2% over time. Business • 20 Jul 18
Unemployment rate revised sharply lower to 5.3% - CSO The country's unemployment rate was revised sharply down to 5.3% in May, from an initial estimate of 5.8% following strong jobs growth in the first … Business • 20 Jun 18
Employment levels just 12,000 below all time peak - CSO New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that employment rose by 3.1% in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same time … Business • 14 Mar 18
