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Some care workers were excluded from the deal due to the way the organisations they work for are funded

Hundreds of care workers excluded from pay deal

Hundreds of care workers have been excluded from the pay deal agreed this week for the community and voluntary sector.

Trade union representatives arriving for talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in Dublin

'Some progress' at WRC talks on healthcare pay

Talks aimed at resolving the long running pay dispute in the community and voluntary sector have been adjourned at the request of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) until Friday morning.

Ireland • 03 Mar

Section 39 organisations are privately owned charities and agencies that are contracted by the State to provide healthcare services (Stock image)

SIPTU to ballot Section 39 workers for strike action

SIPTU's Health Division is to begin a ballot of up to 5,000 members working in Section 39 organisations for strike action in a dispute over pay.

Ireland • 17 Jan

Enable Ireland said there has been an absence of progress in securing pay parity and restoration of previous salary scales for its 1,400 employees

Enable Ireland warns pay deal delays impacting services

Enable Ireland, which provides services for people with disabilities, has warned that delays in implementing a pay deal for its staff are impacting its operations.

Business • 21 Nov 24

Section 39 employees to receive pay rises next month

Around 7,000 workers in 250 state-funded health and social care bodies known as Section 39 agencies are to receive pay rises from next month in settlement of their dispute over restoration of austerity-era pay cuts.

Business • 10 Dec 20

SIPTU members at two HSE-funded agencies have planned strike action in December

Strike action planned in 'Section 39' pay row

SIPTU members in two HSE-funded "Section 39" health and social care agencies in Cork and Kerry will hold one day strikes next month in a dispute over pay restoration

Ireland • 26 Nov 20

SIPTU's Adrian Kane said Minister McGrath had decided to "wash his hands of the dispute"

Section 39 workers to be balloted for strike action

Workers in certain state-funded health and social care bodies, known as Section 39 organisations, are to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over failure to restore pay cuts imposed during the economic crisis.

Health • 07 Oct 20

Finian McGrath's position could put the Independent Alliance on a collision course with its Fine Gael coalition colleagues

McGrath supporting call to renegotiate public pay deal

The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Finian McGrath, has said he would support a union call for the current Public Service Pay Agreement to be renegotiated ahead of schedule because of the rising cost of living.

Ireland • 04 Oct 18

It is understood these latest proposals will cost the State €7.7m next year

Pay restoration agreed for some Section 39 workers

Several thousand workers in 50 HSE-funded health and social care bodies will get increases of up to €1,000 next April under a pay restoration proposal negotiated at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland • 03 Oct 18

SIPTU's Paul Bell says his members are entitled to have their pay restored

Section 39 strike deferred to allow for talks at WRC

SIPTU has deferred next Tuesday's threatened strike by workers in so-called Section 39 health and social care bodies to allow for talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.

News • 14 Sep 18

The HSE reduced funding allocations to Section 39 bodies during the economic crisis

Pay restoration call for workers in HSE-funded bodies

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the Government to immediately restore the pay of workers in HSE-funded bodies whose pay was cut in line with public servants during the economic crisis.

Ireland • 03 Sep 18

Talks resumed at Workplace Relations Commission

Talks over Section 39 pay restoration adjourned

Talks on pay restoration for Section 39 employees have adjourned until 25 July.

Ireland • 09 Jul 18

In many Section 39 bodies pay was cut in line with public service austerity measures even though Section 39 workers do not count as public servants

Planned strike action by health workers could escalate

SIPTU has warned that its planned strike by around 7,000 health and social care workers in so-called 'Section 39' bodies could escalate, as several hundred more workers in 10 further agencies are to be balloted for industrial action in their pay dispute.

Section 39 • 05 Feb 18

Micheál Martin described the Government position as very unfair

Govt criticised over pay for 'Section 39' workers

Fianna Fáil has accused the Government of hypocrisy for failing to fund pay restoration for 12,000 workers in HSE funded 'Section 39' bodies that deliver services in the disability and health sector.

Health • 31 Jan 18

Section 39