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Dr.Laura Bambrick Congress Social Policy Officer on Ireland's changing fertility rate
Mar 20 2019, 15:38 ICTU
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- Workers in precarious jobs and on zero hour contracts get new rights. ICTU Congress Industrial Officer Liam Berney outlines the main points of The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 Legislation to tackle the scourge of zero-hour and low-hours contracts came into effect March 1 2019, after a five year campaign by the trade union movement ,writes Patricia King. …
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- Congress looks at the possible consequences of a No Deal Brexit, North and South ICTU A new Congress Report on the possible consequences of a No Deal Brexit, North and South.