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The Best Vehicle for Delivering Workers’ ‘Right to Disconnect’ is Collective Bargaining: Congress
Aug 07 2018, 10:22 ICTU
Working time is regulated under the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 and places responsibility on employers for ensuring their workers get sufficient time for rest and relaxation, as set out in the Act. Since the introducing of this Act, advances in smartphone technology is exposing many workers to longer working hours by making them reachable outside of office hours. Trade unions were central to the success of the 8-hour day movement in the 18th and 19th centuries and they remain central …- Congress Agrees with Department of Finance’s Review of 9% Tax Subsidy to Hotels and Restaurants ICTU Following on from the publication of the Department of Finance’s ‘Review of the 9% Vat Rate’ today, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions calls upon the Minister of Finance to heed the conclusions reached by the Review and to act accordingly in reversing the 2011 tax cut for hotels …
- 9 Reasons Why the 9% VAT Rate has to go ICTU Please see the below link with the Congress Fact Sheet on 9 Reasons Why the 9% VAT Rate has to go /download/pdf/ictu_9_vat_leaflet_hr_pages.pdf
- Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards Won’t be Achieved if Female Workers have No Voice – Congress ICTU Today, the Taoiseach, Minister for Justice, and the Minister for Equality announced a new Review Group composed of senior business figures and government officials to make recommendations on how to increase the percentage of women on corporate boards and in senior management in leading Irish …
- Your Quick Guide to Governments Proposed Changes to the Old-Age Contributory Pension ICTU /download/pdf/factsheet_pdf.pdf Please see the below Congress Submission to Reform of the State Pension https://www.ictu.ie/publications/fulllist/congress-submission-to-reform-of-the-state-pension/
- Your Quick Guide to Governments Proposed Chnages to the Old-Age Contributory Pension ICTU /download/pdf/factsheet_pdf.pdf
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 Update: Legislation Making Slow Progress Priority Now to Have the Bill Enacted Before the End of 2018 ICTU Congress Update Earlier this year we reported that the long awaited Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 had begun it its passage through the Oireachtas. Since then the Bill has completed all stages in the Dáil and will scheduled for discussion in the Seanad when the Oireachtas …
- Update: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 ICTU Congress Update Earlier this year we reported that the long awaited Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 had begun it its passage through the Oireachtas. Since then the Bill has completed all stages in the Dáil and will scheduled for discussion in the Seanad when the Oireachtas …
- Occupied Territories Bill: Letter of thanks from the Palestinian Ambassador ICTU /download/pdf/occupied_territories_bill.pdf