Health & Safety

Friday 28th April 2023 – Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living

Workers' Memorial Day on April 28th will be marked with a ceremony to be held in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin. Congress representatives will be joined by the HSA, Ibec, CIF, NISO, and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a number of short addresses and the laying of a...

ICTU support the call from the INMO for mandated mask wearing in congregated settings

The ICTU General Secretary, Owen Reidy today supported the call from the INMO for mandated mask wearing in congregated settings. He said "The annual winter health crisis is clearly worse this year due to a number of factors. We are very concerned for our frontline workers in our hospitals and in...

Everything you need to know about sick pay

Dr Laura Bambrick explains what workers need to know about their new legal right to be paid sick pay if they are too unwell to work. Up until New Year’s Day 2023 Irish employment law did not require employers to pay their staff when absent due to illness or injury. Sick pay was treated as a perk of...

'Strive to eliminate deaths in the workplace completely' - Kevin Callinan

Representatives of Congress, the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Damien English TD, Trade Union Leaders, business and employment groups, and the Health and Safety Authority participated in an International Workers’ Memorial Day event in Dublin on Thursday...

Workers' Memorial Day – Thursday 28th April

Thursday 28th April marks International Workers’ Memorial Day when we remember those who have been killed or seriously injured/made ill in work-related incidents. In Ireland, official figures tell us that 481 people were killed in work-related incidents over a ten-year period from 2012-2021. So far...

Letter to Tanaiste re Sick Leave Bill April 2022

07 Apr, 2022

Letter from Patricia King, General Secretary to An Tanaiste regarding the Sick Leave Bill (April 2022)

Transitional Protocol - HSA Checklists and Templates

04 Feb, 2022

The Health and Safety Authority has updated its checklists and templates to correspond with the guidance in the new Transitional Protocol. New documents include a new Response Plan template, a number of Employer and Worker checklists, and a new Lead Work Representative checklist. Work Safely...

Transitional Protocol for Working Safely

31 Jan, 2022

Good practice guidance for continuing to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Safe workplaces and remote working a priority

Speaking after the meeting of the Covid-19 Stakeholder Forum, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary Patricia King said: “Following the lifting of the majority of public health restrictions on Friday, the Forum met today to discuss a number of issues to ensure people can be confident...

ICTU response to the lifting of restrictions

Responding to the Cabinet decision to lift restrictions to reopen society and the economy based on Public Health advice, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary Patricia King said: “At the outset, we must acknowledge the personal losses, suffering, and grief experienced by so many...

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