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Sunday 20 September 2020
The INMO said that it would be “inhumane” to not increase healthcare staff ahead of a second Covid-19 wave.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
Operators said additional staff will be needed to manage the extra Covid-19 health and safety requirements.
The INMO wants Covid-19 to be classed as a personal injury under health and safety legislation.
In a letter, the HSE informed nursing interns that they would all be guaranteed a job.
The INMO pointed out that many of its members are lone parents or have partners who are also working on the frontline.
The National Public Health Emergency team will discuss the plan tomorrow, says the Taoiseach.
From pregnancy to isolation, advice to staff has changed significantly since January.
It was reported today that two wards in the hospital were closed following an outbreak of infection.
The union said that it hadn’t yet been consulted on the proposal.
For some nurses, it can be hard to escape talk of the coronavirus – even at home.
Hundreds of student nurses are set to begin their unpaid work placements this month.
Student nurses often do their work placements without pay.
There have been a number of reports in recent days of healthcare workers at hospitals having their cars clamped while they were working overtime.
Paschal Donohue said work is underway in relation to the issue following representations from workers unions in the last 24 hours.
A representative of nurses in Ireland said that not cancelling St Patrick’s Day “puts too much strain on our public health service”.
The majority of healthcare staff attacked were nurses.
The number is down from the more than 400 who were waiting for a bed yesterday morning.
The order was made by the Workplace Relations Commission.
As of 7am this morning, psychiatric nurses have not been carrying out work beyond their contracted hours.
Of the 279 assaults, 249 were on nurses and midwives.
Members of the INMO voted 62% in favour of accepting the proposals.
It follows a Labour Court recommendation in the INMO’s favour.
The nurses are raising money for items such as exercise bikes and other forms of holistic care.
The negotiations come after nurses went on general strike for a number of days last month.
Strikes planned for this week were suspended after Labour Court intervention yesterday evening.
This evening’s Labour Court recommendation includes a number of proposals.
A formal hearing will take place at 3.30pm.
The anti-government protesters left the scene peacefully after gardaí arrived.
About 37,000 INMO members are engaging in strike action over pay and staffing levels.
The strike is set to enter its third week as supporters gather at the Garden of Remembrance this afternoon.
Talks broke up this evening with no commitments for the nurses to call off the action.
We spoke to nurses on the picket line at the Coombe maternity hospital.
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Nurses have been working for 27 hours straight and counting.
This comes after nearly 40,000 INMO nurses and midwives took part in industrial action on Tuesday.
Micheál Martin said the Taoiseach cannot solve industrial relations disputes ‘with such cynical PR manoeuvres’.
Meanwhile, the HSE has said that 50,000 patients will be affected this week.
Nurses across the country will be out on the picket lines outside hospitals and clinics today for the second day of strike action.
INMO and PNA members will take part in further industrial action this week.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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