Irish Congress of Trade Unions urges Minister for Justice to act on violence and aggression against minorities
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has written to the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, urging him to take action on the increasing violence and aggression against minorities. Recent months have seen a spate of violent assaults and hate crimes against minorities across Ireland, and...
Moves to protect the integrity of pension auto-enrolment welcome
Congress understands the Minister for Social Protection intends to sign secondary legislation into law to protect the integrity of the new pension auto-enrolment scheme under the powers given to him by the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act. Welcoming the commitment to set out in...
Government’s failure to recognise Covid-19 as occupational disease shows lessons from pandemic not being learned
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has today (11 November) expressed its deep disappointment at the Government’s refusal to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease. The decision was communicated in a letter from Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ICTU General Secretary Owen Reidy. Ireland...
Congress welcomes CJEU recognition that Directive on collective bargaining is on sound legal footing
Any ambiguity on the legality of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive has been put beyond doubt, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said today (11 November), following a Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling. In its ruling announced today, the Court upheld in full all articles...
Auto Enrolment Seminar 'Ask Me Anything'
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CWU Head Office, 575-577 North Circular Road, Dublin 1, D01 TR53
The first pension auto-enrolment contributions will be deducted from 800,000 workers’ pay packets in January. This will include your members in workplaces...
Behind Ireland's €1.5m EU fine for directive delay
Last Friday (1 August) news broke that the Court of Justice of the European Union had fined Ireland €1.5m for the incomplete transposition of the directive on work-life balance into Irish law. We were 18 months late fully transposing its requirements, partly because the pandemic had more or less...
Irish Congress of Trade Unions calls on AIB to reverse 'return to office' policy
Commenting on AIB's unilateral decision to require workers in the office three days a week, Congress General Secretary Owen Reidy said: "When it comes to their job, every worker wants to have a good work-life balance and trust with their employer. AIB's move undermines both. “By imposing this...
Anti-Racism Leadership Planning Workshop
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ICTU Head Office, 31/32 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
On Saturday August 23rd, we are inviting all previous participants of the Leadership project to a workshop here at ICTU’s Dublin office (11.00-15.00). The...
