# working-hours - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
We’re addicted to technology but as with most addictions, we don’t believe we have a problem, writes Shane Cradock.
# working-hours - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Working Hours
# Working Hours
Leo Varadkar said there are 600 more gardaí now than two years ago.
# working-hours - Monday 13 November, 2017
# Gp Contract
# Gp Contract
The minister said he would not compromise on his view that such fees are too high.
# working-hours - Friday 16 December, 2016
# No More Siesta
# No More Siesta
Its Labour Minister wants to bring Spain’s working day into line with the rest of Europe.
# working-hours - Wednesday 12 October, 2016
# High Court
# High Court
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.
# working-hours - Thursday 10 March, 2016
# Changing Times
# Changing Times
Members will vote next month on whether to accept an updated version of the Westmantown roster.
# working-hours - Monday 13 April, 2015
# Dismissals
# Dismissals
The union is preparing a dossier of of incidents of victimisation and intimidation.
# working-hours - Thursday 2 April, 2015
# Holy Thursday
# Holy Thursday
More than half of the company’s employees are on strike over “fair pay” and “a precarious working environment”.
# working-hours - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
# Checked Out
# Checked Out
One in every five Irish women do not attend a cervical screening when invited.
# working-hours - Wednesday 29 October, 2014
# No Longer Needed
# No Longer Needed
The section that is being deleted allowed public service employers to take steps that would impact on non-core pay and working hours.
# working-hours - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
# The Grind
# The Grind
… It is less than you would think.
# working-hours - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
# Working 9 To 5ish
# Working 9 To 5ish
While Ireland has the eighth highest agreed working hours in the EU, we actually work the sixth fewest number of hours.
# working-hours - Saturday 31 May, 2014
# Aer Lingus
# Aer Lingus
The airline was forced to ground almost all its flights yesterday, at an estimated cost of €10m, over a work schedule dispute.
# working-hours - Monday 24 February, 2014
# 63 Hour Week
# 63 Hour Week
SIPTU and IMPACT have lodged a complaint with the European Commission.
# working-hours - Friday 15 November, 2013
# Working Hours
# Working Hours
Junior doctors have voted to accept a proposal to end shifts lasting more than 24 hours.
# working-hours - Tuesday 29 October, 2013
# Ryanair
# Ryanair
The group wants O’Leary to negotiate a single contract that applies to all pilots flying for the airline.
# working-hours - Thursday 17 October, 2013
# Deal
# Deal
Managers will also face sanctions if they do not comply with the new rules.
# working-hours - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
# Working Hours
# Working Hours
Last week, the IMO said progress had been made in the talks.
# working-hours - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Dispute
# Dispute
They will resume the talks on doctors’ hours tomorrow. There is no official news as yet of a breakthrough in talks.
# Junior Doctors
# Junior Doctors
Following this morning’s meeting the IMO has agreed to attend the Labour Relations Commission today at midday.
# working-hours - Friday 27 September, 2013
# Doctors Strike
# Doctors Strike
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”.
# working-hours - Sunday 22 September, 2013
# Talks
# Talks
The IMO say they welcome the “belated engagement” of the HSE on the issue of junior doctors’ working hours.
# working-hours - Monday 26 August, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about John Kerry’s strong speech on Syria and a shooting that went wrong in Dublin.
# working-hours - Thursday 15 August, 2013
# IMO
# IMO
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.
# working-hours - Sunday 2 June, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# working-hours - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# working-hours - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
# Working Hours
# Working Hours
The Minister for Health says Ireland can only follow EU rules on working hours for doctors if they’re paid less.
# working-hours - Monday 18 February, 2013
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
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…
# working-hours - Monday 2 January, 2012
# Best Places
# Best Places
Is your life out of balance? How about moving to one of these countries…
# working-hours - Monday 12 December, 2011
# Hard Workers
# Hard Workers
Remember last week’s table of EU average working hours where Ireland fell outside the top 20th? Our productivity ranking is much, much better…
# working-hours - Friday 9 December, 2011
# Work Can't Wait
# Work Can't Wait
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.
# working-hours - Friday 23 September, 2011
# Your Say
# Your Say
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…
# working-hours - Thursday 12 August, 2010
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Aer Lingus has been served formal notice of industrial action by its staff.
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