# workers-rights - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy examines an industry push for visas for non-EU workers in horticulture that has raised concern with unions, migrant rights groups and some Government departments.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network examine the lure for workers from Bulgaria and Romania to come to Ireland and the impact back home – both good and bad.
# Reaping The Harvest
# Reaping The Harvest
Noteworthy explores long working hours, low pay and other concerning conditions for seasonal employees in the sector.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
# Duffy-Cahill Report
# Duffy-Cahill Report
Former Labour court chair Kevin Duffy and barrister Nessa Cahill appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise and Employment.
# workers-rights - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Redundancy
# Redundancy
The dispute has lasted more than 150 days.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Clusters
# Clusters
Alan Kelly TD said we can’t have a situation where workers are going into meat plants having taken paracetamol or Calpol to hide their temperature.
# workers-rights - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Clusters And Lockdowns
# Clusters And Lockdowns
Nearly 1,500 confirmed cases have been linked to 28 meat factory outbreaks.
# workers-rights - Sunday 30 August, 2020
# Clusters And Lockdowns
# Clusters And Lockdowns
In the 28 days up to 15 August, there were 330 confirmed Covid-19 cases associated with meat/poultry factory outbreaks.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 May, 2020
# Liquidation
# Liquidation
Last month, Debenhams announced it would not be reopening its stores, leaving 2,000 staff unemployed.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
Richard Boyd Barrett said he believes the policy being implemented is “hugely unfair”.
# workers-rights - Friday 6 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
A Cabinet subcommittee will discuss proposals for worker supports on Monday.
# workers-rights - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The first case of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland was confirmed over the weekend.
# workers-rights - Friday 17 May, 2019
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The branch manager asked the man, who had years of experience in a similar role, how he would manage to do the warehouse job safely.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Yesterday, a bill to give workers a legal right to their tips passed Committee stage with all-party support.
# workers-rights - Saturday 8 December, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
I felt anxious, alienated and depressed. Irish workers must unite to resist the creeping casualisation of work, writes Keith Murdiff.
# workers-rights - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
PDFORRA, which represents soldiers, sailors and aircrew has been campaigning for trade union rights.
# workers-rights - Monday 11 December, 2017
# Worker Rights
# Worker Rights
One in four fishermen have experienced verbal or physical abuse, according to a new report.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
A report into the pay and conditions of workers was published yesterday.
# workers-rights - Thursday 6 July, 2017
# Exploitation
# Exploitation
Problems associated with illegal work include poor working conditions and risks to fundamental worker’s rights, a new report has found.
# workers-rights - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
The WRC has ordered the HSE to pay the €52,000 in compensation to the man and provide him with a stable rostered position.
# workers-rights - Sunday 5 March, 2017
# Exploited
# Exploited
Camilla would routinely work 14 hour days for little money.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 6 July, 2016
# Not Your Mother
# Not Your Mother
“I did not come in here to do what your mother should have done and put manners on you.”
# workers-rights - Friday 13 May, 2016
The revelation has come out in a report from Oxfam America.
# workers-rights - Thursday 14 January, 2016
# Clerys
# Clerys
A review was announced today to try to stop a repeat of what happened to the 460 Clerys workers.
# workers-rights - Sunday 30 August, 2015
# workers-rights - Friday 28 August, 2015
# Fallout
# Fallout
400 people lost their jobs overnight when the store closed suddenly.
# workers-rights - Sunday 21 June, 2015
# Au Pairs In Ireland
# Au Pairs In Ireland
Au pairs are working in up to 20,000 Irish homes – many working around the clock for not much pay.
# workers-rights - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# Not Really Lovin It
# Not Really Lovin It
“Out of the kitchens and into the streets.”
# workers-rights - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
# Nice Try
# Nice Try
The big sticking point is the fact that three quarters of staff are on part-time flexible contracts.
# workers-rights - Friday 17 April, 2015
# Discrimination
# Discrimination
Agnieszka Sobczyk has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after being fired.
# workers-rights - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
# Halt
# Halt
The talks talks have adjourned and there is no date set for them to resume.
# workers-rights - Monday 25 August, 2014
# Industrial Relations
# Industrial Relations
This comes after continued refusal from the retailer to engage with trade union representatives.
# workers-rights - Friday 22 August, 2014
# Fupp Off
# Fupp Off
Refuse company Oxigen didn’t like Janet Mooney’s “colourful language”.
# workers-rights - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
The workers staged a sit-in at the premises for 19 days in total.