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# Working Hours

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2023
Garda contingency roster introduced during Covid pandemic extended for six months
The contingency roster had been due to expire next month, but will remain in place until 3 September.
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Mar 7th 2023, 3:52 PM
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Opinion: Technology was meant to be our great liberator but instead it became our prison
We’re addicted to technology but as with most addictions, we don’t believe we have a problem, writes Shane Cradock.
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Jun 11th 2019, 7:00 AM
Taoiseach says gardaí will have to work 'anti-social' hours for the good of society
Leo Varadkar said there are 600 more gardaí now than two years ago.
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Jul 12th 2018, 7:31 AM
Health minister says the €60 price tag to see a GP is too expensive
The minister said he would not compromise on his view that such fees are too high.
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Nov 13th 2017, 4:10 PM
Spain might move its clocks back in a bid to end long working days
Its Labour Minister wants to bring Spain’s working day into line with the rest of Europe.
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Dec 16th 2016, 8:00 PM
Minister says gardaí can no longer be required to work without rest or meal breaks
At present gardaí are excluded from an EU working time directive which states that people working longer than six-hour shifts be granted rest and meal breaks.
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Oct 12th 2016, 6:18 PM
Rank-and-file gardaí to be balloted on updated roster
Members will vote next month on whether to accept an updated version of the Westmantown roster.
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Mar 10th 2016, 5:29 PM
Dunnes staff will "escalate" their campaign
The union is preparing a dossier of of incidents of victimisation and intimidation.
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Apr 13th 2015, 10:48 PM
As its workers strike over unfair treatment, Dunnes responds with 1-day only online offer
More than half of the company’s employees are on strike over “fair pay” and “a precarious working environment”.
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Apr 2nd 2015, 9:30 AM
Irish businesses urged to give female staff time off work for cervical screenings
One in every five Irish women do not attend a cervical screening when invited.
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Jan 28th 2015, 10:45 AM
The law allowing the government to cut public sector pay is being scrapped
The section that is being deleted allowed public service employers to take steps that would impact on non-core pay and working hours.
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Oct 29th 2014, 6:20 PM
Here's how many Irish people get the minimum wage...
… It is less than you would think.
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Aug 12th 2014, 3:02 PM
Men in Ireland work 3.3 hours a week more than women
While Ireland has the eighth highest agreed working hours in the EU, we actually work the sixth fewest number of hours.
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Jun 24th 2014, 3:09 PM
Aer Lingus services resume after cabin crew strike
The airline was forced to ground almost all its flights yesterday, at an estimated cost of €10m, over a work schedule dispute.
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May 31st 2014, 9:09 AM
Some care staff are working seven 'sleepover' shifts a fortnight say unions
SIPTU and IMPACT have lodged a complaint with the European Commission.
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Feb 24th 2014, 7:05 AM
"We are putting our trust in the HSE" - junior doctors
Junior doctors have voted to accept a proposal to end shifts lasting more than 24 hours.
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Nov 15th 2013, 10:21 AM
Ryanair Pilot Group calls on O'Leary to negotiate single contract
The group wants O’Leary to negotiate a single contract that applies to all pilots flying for the airline.
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Oct 29th 2013, 9:55 PM
Fines of €650k for hospitals in breach of doctors' working hours
Managers will also face sanctions if they do not comply with the new rules.
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Oct 17th 2013, 10:20 AM
Talks between the IMO and HSE resume today
Last week, the IMO said progress had been made in the talks.
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Oct 15th 2013, 8:30 AM
IMO and HSE talks suspended for the night
They will resume the talks on doctors’ hours tomorrow. There is no official news as yet of a breakthrough in talks.
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Oct 9th 2013, 10:58 PM
IMO will attend talks at the LRC today
Following this morning’s meeting the IMO has agreed to attend the Labour Relations Commission today at midday.
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Oct 9th 2013, 10:52 AM
Strike action now “inevitable” say junior doctors
The 24 hour action was postponed for a week, and then suspending indefinitely. But the IMO is now accusing the HSE of lacking “real engagement”.
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Sep 27th 2013, 11:15 PM
IMO: 'The HSE is finally accepting that they have to move on this issue'
The IMO say they welcome the “belated engagement” of the HSE on the issue of junior doctors’ working hours.
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Sep 22nd 2013, 2:22 PM
Here’s what happened today: Monday
Everyone’s talking about John Kerry’s strong speech on Syria and a shooting that went wrong in Dublin.
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Aug 26th 2013, 11:10 PM
EC Commission to investigate junior doctors' long working hours
The IMO says it plans to outline “the HSE’s ongoing failure to comply with the European Working Time Directive” when it meets the Commission.
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Aug 15th 2013, 3:29 PM
Column: The Haddington Road deal is just the same as the last, with a few tweaks
Instead of uniting against this draconian piece of legislation, the unions are operating under a ‘me fein’ attitude that will help no one, writes Kieran Allen.
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Jun 2nd 2013, 8:15 AM
Column: Croke Park 2 is a watershed moment in the Irish trade union movement
Croke Park 2 is a serious reversal of rights won by trade unions over decades. If rejected, it will be the union leaders that will come under question, writes Kieran Allen.
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Mar 13th 2013, 7:00 AM
Doctors' pay must be cut in order to limit working times: Reilly
The Minister for Health says Ireland can only follow EU rules on working hours for doctors if they’re paid less.
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Feb 20th 2013, 7:18 PM
Explainer: What’s on the table in the Croke Park talks?
The government is seeking additional savings from the public sector, setting it on a collision course with unions. Here’s what it’s all about…
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Feb 18th 2013, 2:45 PM
Slideshow: The world's 12 best places to live and work
Is your life out of balance? How about moving to one of these countries…
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Jan 2nd 2012, 5:55 PM
Ireland might not have longest working hours but it's EU fifth most productive
Remember last week’s table of EU average working hours where Ireland fell outside the top 20th? Our productivity ranking is much, much better…
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Dec 12th 2011, 9:47 AM
Guess who has the longest working week in EU…
Ireland doesn’t even make the top 20 of longest average working hours from April to June this year – but neither does Germany in a list that blows Merkel’s ‘lazy Greeks’ stereotype out of the water.
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Dec 9th 2011, 7:00 PM
Poll: How many hours a week do you work?
With staff at the European Parliament refusing to work for a 40-hour week, we’re wondering how much time readers of TheJournal.ie spend with their noses to the grindstone…
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Sep 23rd 2011, 11:50 AM
Cabin crew serve notice of industrial action
Aer Lingus has been served formal notice of industrial action by its staff.
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Aug 12th 2010, 5:56 PM