Workplace Rights

Better Work Better Lives

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2018

Conference notes the challenges faced by workers in both the private and public sectors in Northern Ireland. We have endured nearly a decade of austerity from the UK government and the NI Assembly leading to cuts to our public services, the 1% pay cap and more...

Adopted

Briefing on Employment Rights Bill

26 Feb, 2018

Briefing paper from Congress on the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 (Feb 2018)

Precarious Work Final Dec 2017

03 Dec, 2017

Insecure & Uncertain: Precarious Work in Republic and Northern Ireland (Dec 2017)

Congress Calls for "Renewal and Redoubling" of Efforts to Tackle Sexual Harassment

On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Nov 25), Irish trade unions call for effective action against sexual harassment and violence. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions today (Nov 24) called for a renewal and redoubling of efforts to tackle sexual harassment...

Insecure Work, Gender Pay Gap & Pensions discussed at Women's Council of the Isles

Insecure Work, the Gender Pay Gap, pensions and deficts in the care infrastructure across the UK and Ireland were among the issues discussed at the recent Women's Council of the Isles gathering, in Cardiff. This unique annual event features union leaders and representatives of the Womens' Committees...

Monopoly board game dice, economy, money

End Corporate Greed: The World Needs a Pay Rise

To mark World Day for Decent Work Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) says its time to end corporate greed and raise wages globally The global economic model has failed working people. It is driven by corporate greed and is working against...

How to Survive a Performance Management Review

Workers should be mindful that midterm reviews can be used to undermine their performance but help is at hand, says the FSU's Gareth Murphy I have been dealing with people undergoing performance management reviews for more than a decade. It is hugely frustrating for workers when they find objectives...

European Pillar of Social Rights

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2017

Congress recognises the danger posed by extreme right-wing populism throughout Europe. At least part of the reason for this has been the tendency by EU institutions to prioritise the rights of capital over the rights of workers, and they enthusiastically...

Adopted

Media Control

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2017

Conference notes the effective ownership and control of modern mainstream media by a neoliberal ideological group. That this control is damaging to our democracies and working people insofar as it captures and controls debate in narrow con nes that are hostile...

Adopted

Workers Must Not Pay the Price

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2017

This Congress believes that workers must not pay the price of the UK's exit from the European Union. Congress will commit to ensuring that there will be no attempt to undermine, erode or remove worker's rights gained under European legislation. Congress will...

Adopted

Subscribe to Workplace Rights

Workplace Rights

Better Work Better Lives

Briefing on Employment Rights Bill

Precarious Work Final Dec 2017

Congress Calls for "Renewal and Redoubling" of Efforts to Tackle Sexual Harassment

Insecure Work, Gender Pay Gap & Pensions discussed at Women's Council of the Isles

End Corporate Greed: The World Needs a Pay Rise

How to Survive a Performance Management Review

European Pillar of Social Rights

Media Control

Workers Must Not Pay the Price

Privacy policy

Follow us

Irish Congress of Trade Unions