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Sunday 20 September 2020
The report, commissioned by Joan Burton, outlines a range of options for reforming and updating Ireland’s pensions systems.
A leaked European Commission report raises questions over Brendan Howlin’s plans to further downsize the public sector.
Any new entrant to the public sector will have their final pension calculated based on their average wage, not their final salary.
Nine Departments and agencies needed extra top-ups to their funding in 2012. Here’s where the overflow went.
Public pay and pensions can’t be touched under Croke Park. So just how much of public spending does that make up?
63 per cent of civil servants – including 2,776 who already earn over €70k – are entitled to ‘increments’ this year.
Enda Kenny says high-level special units have been established to make sure that retirements next month do not hit services.
Unions claim a new reform of pensions mean that new teachers will pay more into their pension funds than they’ll get back out.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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