by | Mar 3, 2025 | Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Construction Industry Federation have teamed up with the Construction Workers Health Trust (CWHT) to promote clean air practices that reduce dust and contaminated air on all construction sites. Silica dust, in particular,...
by | Mar 3, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
The terms of a new Construction Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) will come into force on 1st August 2025 and result in pay rises of approximately 6.6% over the term of its implementation. The new SEO, which supersedes the previous SEO of 2023, sets updated minimum pay...
by | Mar 3, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
A campaign by members of the SIPTU Construction Sector employed in Tara Mines in Navan, County Meath, was crucial in securing reform of the social welfare system, which since October 2024 has resulted in laid-off workers receiving 60% of their previous gross weekly...
by | Feb 18, 2025 | Health, Latest News Home, Public Sector, SIPTU Bulletin
Unions representing staff in Section 39 community and voluntary organisations have been invited to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) with Government representatives on Monday 3rd March. This comes in the face of an ongoing SIPTU Health Division...
by | Feb 18, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
HR Circular 025 2024 – 2006 Annual Radiographer – Radiation Therapist Allowance HR Circular 026 2024 Job Evaluation Scheme for Support Staff Phase IV 6083 General Assistant – Addiction Services HR Circular 027 2024 International Returning Emigrants...
by | Feb 18, 2025 | SIPTU Bulletin
A new report from the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) has revealed a significant pay gap between the earnings of Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the public and private sectors in some European countries, including Ireland. The report, Wage Watch:...
