# workers-rights - Thursday 24 March, 2022
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
Protests were held in Dover and Liverpool yesterday against the sackings and more demonstrations will be held in the coming days.
# workers-rights - Sunday 20 March, 2022
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
P&O ships on the Liverpool-Dublin route have now been crewed with Filipino seafarers on contracts below the minimum wage.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# Tips
# Tips
New law to help those laid off due to Covid restrictions receive a special payment of up to €1,860 was also approved today.
# workers-rights - Friday 24 December, 2021
# Workers Rights
From The42
# Workers Rights
The Manchester City boss says he agrees with Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson that player welfare is not taken seriously enough.
# workers-rights - Saturday 11 December, 2021
Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union rejected the company’s latest contract offer.
# workers-rights - Thursday 22 July, 2021
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
One 28-year-old retail worker told The Journal: "We are told our wages are docked for the time we are gone for the vaccine until the time we are back." Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that it's 'in everyone's interest' for retail staff to get vaccinated, and urged employers to be more flexible. Vaccines being offered to younger cohorts during the busy summer season may result in 'less-than-accommodating' work environments.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
Statutory sick pay will be phased in to help employers to plan ahead and manage the additional costs.
# workers-rights - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy examines an industry push for visas for non-EU workers in horticulture that has raised concern with unions, migrant rights groups and some Government departments.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network examine the lure for workers from Bulgaria and Romania to come to Ireland and the impact back home – both good and bad.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy explores long working hours, low pay and other concerning conditions for seasonal employees in the sector.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Duffy-Cahill Report
# Duffy-Cahill Report
Former Labour court chair Kevin Duffy and barrister Nessa Cahill appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise and Employment.
# workers-rights - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Redundancy
# Redundancy
The dispute has lasted more than 150 days.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Clusters
# Clusters
Alan Kelly TD said we can’t have a situation where workers are going into meat plants having taken paracetamol or Calpol to hide their temperature.
# workers-rights - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Clusters And Lockdowns
# Clusters And Lockdowns
Nearly 1,500 confirmed cases have been linked to 28 meat factory outbreaks.
# workers-rights - Sunday 30 August, 2020
# Clusters And Lockdowns
# Clusters And Lockdowns
In the 28 days up to 15 August, there were 330 confirmed Covid-19 cases associated with meat/poultry factory outbreaks.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 May, 2020
# Liquidation
# Liquidation
Last month, Debenhams announced it would not be reopening its stores, leaving 2,000 staff unemployed.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett said he believes the policy being implemented is “hugely unfair”.
# workers-rights - Friday 6 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
A Cabinet subcommittee will discuss proposals for worker supports on Monday.
# workers-rights - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The first case of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland was confirmed over the weekend.
# workers-rights - Friday 17 May, 2019
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The branch manager asked the man, who had years of experience in a similar role, how he would manage to do the warehouse job safely.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Yesterday, a bill to give workers a legal right to their tips passed Committee stage with all-party support.
# workers-rights - Saturday 8 December, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
I felt anxious, alienated and depressed. Irish workers must unite to resist the creeping casualisation of work, writes Keith Murdiff.
# workers-rights - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
PDFORRA, which represents soldiers, sailors and aircrew has been campaigning for trade union rights.
# workers-rights - Monday 11 December, 2017
# Worker Rights
# Worker Rights
One in four fishermen have experienced verbal or physical abuse, according to a new report.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
A report into the pay and conditions of workers was published yesterday.
# workers-rights - Thursday 6 July, 2017
# Exploitation
# Exploitation
Problems associated with illegal work include poor working conditions and risks to fundamental worker’s rights, a new report has found.
# workers-rights - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The WRC has ordered the HSE to pay the €52,000 in compensation to the man and provide him with a stable rostered position.
# workers-rights - Sunday 5 March, 2017
# Exploited
# Exploited
Camilla would routinely work 14 hour days for little money.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 6 July, 2016
# Not Your Mother
# Not Your Mother
“I did not come in here to do what your mother should have done and put manners on you.”
# workers-rights - Friday 13 May, 2016
The revelation has come out in a report from Oxfam America.
# workers-rights - Thursday 14 January, 2016
# Clerys
# Clerys
A review was announced today to try to stop a repeat of what happened to the 460 Clerys workers.
# workers-rights - Sunday 30 August, 2015
# workers-rights - Friday 28 August, 2015
# Fallout
# Fallout
400 people lost their jobs overnight when the store closed suddenly.
# workers-rights - Sunday 21 June, 2015
# Au Pairs In Ireland
# Au Pairs In Ireland
Au pairs are working in up to 20,000 Irish homes – many working around the clock for not much pay.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# Not Really Lovin It
# Not Really Lovin It
“Out of the kitchens and into the streets.”
# workers-rights - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
# Nice Try
# Nice Try
The big sticking point is the fact that three quarters of staff are on part-time flexible contracts.
# workers-rights - Friday 17 April, 2015
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
Agnieszka Sobczyk has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after being fired.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
# Halt
# Halt
The talks talks have adjourned and there is no date set for them to resume.
# workers-rights - Monday 25 August, 2014
# Industrial Relations
# Industrial Relations
This comes after continued refusal from the retailer to engage with trade union representatives.
# workers-rights - Friday 22 August, 2014
# Fupp Off
# Fupp Off
Refuse company Oxigen didn’t like Janet Mooney’s “colourful language”.
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