Industry and Employment Correspondent
The proposed public service agreement Building Momentum is now certain to be ratified tomorrow after the largest public service union Fórsa voted to back it by a margin of almost 96%.
The turnout was just over 58%.
Today s vote means that the four largest unions - Fórsa, SIPTU, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish National Teachers Organisation - have all backed the two-year agreement.
This means a majority in favour is guaranteed in tomorrow s aggregate vote by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
The ratification will come as a relief to the Government, as it should deliver certainty in pay and industrial relations for the next two years as it combats the consequences of Covid-19 and Brexit.
Proposed agreement overwhelmingly rejected by IMO public health service members
‘New health service realities’ brought about by pandemic not recognised in agreement
Members of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) who work in the public health services including hospital consultants, non consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs), Public Health Doctors (PHDs) and Community Health Doctors have voted overwhelmingly (95%) to reject the new Public Service Agreement –
Building Momentum.
The proposed agreement is intended to serve as an updated extension to the framework of previous public service agreements, including the most recent – the Public Service Stability Agreement (2018 – 2020) – which was due to expire on December 31 2020.
The Council of the IMO recommended to members that they reject the agreement.
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ICTU warning over reduced redundancy for workers on PUP
Updated / Saturday, 13 Feb 2021
16:47
Industry and Employment Correspondent
Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose out on redundancy payments if their employment is terminated because time spent claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will not count when calculating entitlements.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the Government to reform employment law so that the period spent on the PUP will count towards redundancy payments.
It says that without reform, some employees could lose out on up to a year of redundancy pay having been laid off due to the pandemic through no fault of their own.