Trade Unions demand end to violence against women, in work and in society.
On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25th November), The trade union federations of Great Britain and the island of Ireland (TUC, STUC, WTUC and ICTU) which together represent over 6 million workers, call for urgent interventions to support victims and...
HSA Annual Report for 2019 just published
The key takeaway figures from the HSA's Annual Report 2019, which was published this week are: The Authority carried out 10,302 inspections, up from 9,830 the previous year Completed 21 prosecutions, compared to 15 in 2018 Enforcement action was taken in 68% of inspections/investigations. The HSA...
World Mental Health Day - Saturday 10 October 2020 - Guest Blog by Róisín McKane, Fórsa
Tomorrow (Saturday 10th October) is World Mental Health Day, a day when we highlight mental health education and awareness, as well as advocacy against social stigma. The day will see organisations around the world call for greater investment in mental health supports from governments, workplaces...
Video: Tackling Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
Congress hosted a webinar on 2nd October in relation to the recently negotiated ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. (Accompanying Reccomendation 206 here) Marie Clarke Walker from the Canadian Labour Congress was the lead negotiator for the workers group during the...
Oireachtas Committee calls for more HSA inspectors and Covid-19 to be a reportable illness
The Oireachtas Covid-19 special committee, which issued its final report last week, has called for Covid-19 to be a reportable disease under health and safety regulations and for more inspectors for the HSA. The Committee was established by an order of the Dail in early May to consider and take...
13,000 Inspections since May
According to the september issue of Health & Safety Review, nearly 13,000 Covid-19 inspections were carried out between May 18th to the week ending August 24th, while Department of Health figures show an alarming increase in workplace clusters in the last week. The figures for Covid-19 inspections...
Pressure to make Covid-19 a reportable illness intensifies
Pressure to make Covid-19 a reportable illness intensifies The calls for Covid-19 to be made a reportable illness under health and safety legislation has intensified, with TDs from across the political spectrum questioning the legal basis for refusing to do so. These concerns were first voiced by...
Opinion: The state of sick pay in Ireland is sickening - Dr.Laura Bambrick
Ireland is completely out of line with European norms in not requiring employers to continue to pay a worker's wage if sick and unable to work, writes Dr. Laura Bambrick. Journal.ie Aug 16, 2020 IT TOOK A pandemic to shed light on the big failings in how we protect workers against loss of income...
