Ambulance strike will significantly impact services, HSE warnsIndustrial action by members of the Siptu and Unite unions will take place on Monday and Tuesday.
Trade unions set to seek hefty increases in looming pay talksThere is an expectation in Government that the union side will seek hefty pay increases, as workers have seen the value of their wages diminished by the recent spike in inflation.
Civil servants across government departments average two weeks of sick leave per yearThe department with the highest level of illness-related absenteeism was the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with staff taking an average of more than three weeks off every year