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# annual leave

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# pandemic policing
Gardaí cut collective leave allowance as 'contingency' for possible Christmas Covid-19 measures
The garda Covid-19 Co-ordination Unit told gardaí the measure will take effect on 22 November.
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Nov 10th 2021, 10:00 PM
# workers rights
'They're effectively stealing annual holidays': Dublin Bus drivers ordered to take annual leave during Covid-19 crisis
Richard Boyd Barrett said he believes the policy being implemented is “hugely unfair”.
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Apr 1st 2020, 3:58 PM
# beast from the east
HSE staff won't have to work back emergency leave taken during storm
Simon Harris said employees will receive emergency leave with pay.
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Mar 1st 2018, 8:25 AM
# rostering issues
Ryanair tells pilots they will likely have to take all their annual leave in first three months of next year
The memo to staff comes following a tumultuous month at the airline.
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Oct 25th 2017, 12:22 PM
# impeachment
UCD referendum to be held for impeachment of Students' Union president Katie Ascough
Last month, Ascough pulled abortion information from a fresher’s magazine.
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Oct 11th 2017, 9:12 PM
# cost cutting
'Counterproductive' - union dismayed at cash-strapped Bus Éireann's plans to cut overtime
The dire financial situation at the State-owned bus company is such that it could be declared insolvent within 18 months.
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Jan 14th 2017, 2:20 PM
# annual leave
Now Irish workers can build up their holidays when they're long-term sick
You can also carry over the leave you’ve build up, for up to 15 months.
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Aug 1st 2015, 7:15 AM
# outta here
Do you take all your annual leave? Over half of Irish people don't
Yet 8 out of 10 of us think everyone should take their full holiday allowance.
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Dec 30th 2014, 9:07 PM
# like a virgin
Richard Branson is giving his staff as much time off as they like
Here’s why.
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Sep 25th 2014, 7:10 AM
# work hard play hard
15 per cent of Irish workers don’t take their allotted holiday allowance
A survey finds that Irish workers feeling the strain of holding down a job as well as work pressures is contributing to them not taking their holidays.
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Sep 5th 2013, 7:00 AM
# Out of office
The Irish work more hours - and get fewer holidays, survey says
A global poll by Expedia has revealed that the average Irish person gets 21 days off a year – less than the European average.
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Nov 16th 2012, 6:45 AM
# Bus Eireann
Bus Eireann seeking savings of €20m, but no redundancies... yet
Reduction in overtime, changes to sick leave and annual leave, and an increase in working hours are all on the table for Bus Éireann workers.
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Jun 6th 2012, 2:31 PM
# work-life balance
Do you take all your holiday leave?
Survey claims that over half of respondents didn’t take all their annual leave days because they were too busy or under too much pressure at work.
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Jan 1st 2012, 1:30 PM
# Quality of Life
Ireland 'third-worst place to live in Europe', says British study
A survey of ten countries, most of them in Western Europe, puts Ireland third-from-last – largely because of the weather.
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Sep 29th 2011, 2:41 PM
# Historic Rest Days
HSE promises review of consultants' 'paid year off' before retirement
Around 450 consultants are entitled to a full year of annual leave, fully paid, in the year before their retirement.
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Sep 8th 2011, 8:06 AM
# Fire Brigade
Overtime may be axed in €1.7m Dublin Fire Brigade budget shortfall
Concerns raised over capacity of capital’s fire brigade to cope with proposed cuts to training, overtime and annual leave.
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Aug 15th 2011, 3:58 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 3rd 2011, 4:54 PM
Voices
Op-ed: The civil service should be run as if it were a company
Simon Cunnane, a reader of TheJournal.ie, has been following the commentary on civil servants’ ‘privilege days’ – and believes those running it could learn a little from the management style of Henry Ford.
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Mar 22nd 2011, 3:25 PM
# annual leave
Privilege days case might lead Howlin to tackle all public sector leave
After plan to abolish two privilege days for civil servants was rejected yesterday, Government may look to make savings across a broader section of public servants.
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Mar 22nd 2011, 8:04 AM
# Perks
Civil servants hold onto their two 'privilege days'
The days – taken at Easter and Christmas – date back to pre-Independence days.
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Mar 21st 2011, 8:32 PM