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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Richard Boyd Barrett said he believes the policy being implemented is “hugely unfair”.
Simon Harris said employees will receive emergency leave with pay.
The memo to staff comes following a tumultuous month at the airline.
Last month, Ascough pulled abortion information from a fresher’s magazine.
The dire financial situation at the State-owned bus company is such that it could be declared insolvent within 18 months.
You can also carry over the leave you’ve build up, for up to 15 months.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Yet 8 out of 10 of us think everyone should take their full holiday allowance.
A survey finds that Irish workers feeling the strain of holding down a job as well as work pressures is contributing to them not taking their holidays.
A global poll by Expedia has revealed that the average Irish person gets 21 days off a year – less than the European average.
Reduction in overtime, changes to sick leave and annual leave, and an increase in working hours are all on the table for Bus Éireann workers.
Survey claims that over half of respondents didn’t take all their annual leave days because they were too busy or under too much pressure at work.
A survey of ten countries, most of them in Western Europe, puts Ireland third-from-last – largely because of the weather.
Around 450 consultants are entitled to a full year of annual leave, fully paid, in the year before their retirement.
Concerns raised over capacity of capital’s fire brigade to cope with proposed cuts to training, overtime and annual leave.
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Simon Cunnane, a reader of TheJournal.ie, has been following the commentary on civil servants’ ‘privilege days’ – and believes those running it could learn a little from the management style of Henry Ford.
After plan to abolish two privilege days for civil servants was rejected yesterday, Government may look to make savings across a broader section of public servants.
The days – taken at Easter and Christmas – date back to pre-Independence days.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
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