Workplace Rights

Workers Advisory Clinic

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Reductions in the funding for Citizens Advice Bureau’s and other advisory services has left workers in non-unionised workplaces without adequate access to employment advice and support. Employers are able to breach employment law, behave despicably...

Remitted

Equality in Employment Law for all Workers

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference condemns the continued casualisation of labour with ever increasing use of short term, causal, zero hours contracts etc. creating insecure work and mass under employment. Conference notes that workers on these contracts are not afforded the same...

Adopted

Employment Rights in Northern Ireland

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference welcomes the decision not to introduce the Trade Union Bill in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Executive Minister, Stephan Farry, in making this announcement correctly stated that this piece of legislation was "disproportionate to the problem...

Adopted

Trade Union Bill

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference is opposed to the ongoing attacks by the Westminster Government on a raft of anti-trade union legislation such as the Trade Union Bill and other employment laws. Conference welcomes that the NI Assembly have not sought to introduce these draconian...

Adopted

Trade Union Bill

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

This conference notes with concern the proposed changes in legislation affecting the Trade Union movement in the rest of the UK. While we appreciate that Minister Farry has stated he will not implement the Bill in Northern Ireland, we must not become...

Adopted

TTIP

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

“This Conference is extremely concerned by ongoing international trade negotiations that will most certainly endanger government’s ability to regulate, and citizen’s rights to access basic public services; e.g. water, health and energy all for the sake of...

Adopted

Report on Childcare Costs & Practices (Congress 2016)

14 Mar, 2016

Report on problems facing the Childcare sector in Ireland and the issues for working families. The report includes a survey of 3700 people using childcare and contains a number of key recommendations.

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Paternity Leave on the way

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THE REAL COST OF BOGUS SELF EMPLOYMENT

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