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Today, the bank gave an update on the redundancy process.

PTSB to cut around 300 jobs this year

Around 300 jobs are to be cut at PTSB this year as part of a voluntary redundancy scheme that was launched last year.

Geraldine Baxter, an employee of the Little Sisters of the Poor since 2006, won the maximum two years' pay in redress under the Unfair Dismissals Act (Stock image)

Order of nuns that sacked manager ordered to pay €70,000

An order of nuns which "callously" sacked a manager after making allegations which included a false accusation about her work-from-home arrangements, has been ordered to pay out over €70,000.

Ireland • 07 Feb

Bank of Ireland and the Financial Services Union have reached agreement on a new pay deal

Bank of Ireland offers staff 4% pay increase

Bank of Ireland and the Financial Services Union have reached agreement on a pay deal which, if accepted by FSU members, would result in a 4% pay increase for staff.

Business • 06 Feb

Today's CSO figures shows that median weekly earnings were highest among jobs in businesses owned by non-EU multinationals

Highest earnings for workers in non-EU multinationals

Workers in non-EU multinational companies accounted for the highest average earnings in 2023, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 06 Feb

New research from CIPD shows that employers in Ireland are increasingly taking the power to decide working arrangements away from local managers

Bosses tackling 'hushed hybrid' remote working deals

Irish bosses are looking to tackle unofficial "hushed hybrid" remote working deals, according to new research.

Business • 06 Feb

The study shows that employment rates in the Republic of Ireland fell further but recovered faster than those in Northern Ireland after the Covid-19 pandemic

Jobs in Republic recovered faster than NI after Covid

Employment across all regions in the Republic of Ireland fell further during the pandemic but recovered faster than in Northern Ireland, according to new research.

Business • 05 Feb

The WRC has heard that a migrant chef with no English was put to work for around €25 a day at a Co Cavan Chinese takeaway while working up to 73 hours a week to pay off an 'illegal' €30,600 debt he took on as a 'recruitment fee'

Chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, WRC hears

A migrant chef with no English was put to work for around €25 a day at a Chinese takeaway while working up to 73 hours a week to pay off an "illegal" €30,600 debt he took on as a "recruitment fee", a tribunal has been told.

Business • 06 Feb

The case was heard at the Workplace Relations Commission

Journalist was 'well compensated' for on-air work - WRC

A journalist with an "extraordinary sense of entitlement and a huge sense of self-importance" is already "well compensated" for his on-air work, a tribunal has decided.

Ireland • 05 Feb

The proportion of hybrid working vacancies as a share of total vacancies has remained stable at 10.7% for the second successive quarter, today's index shows

Fall in job vacancies but level of hybrid roles stable

There was a 9% quarterly decrease in the number of new job vacancies created on hiring platform IrishJobs in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Business • 04 Feb

There is no specific reference to Section 39 workers in the Programme for Government (Stock image)

SIPTU to ballot Section 39 workers for strike action

SIPTU is due to begin a ballot for strike action of up to 5,000 members working in 21 Section 39 organisations in a dispute over pay.

Ireland • 04 Feb

Authorities at the Clonskeagh Mosque told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that its car park was simply full up on the day.

Clonskeagh Mosque cleared of disability discrimination

The father of a disabled boy who claimed he was humiliated by being ejected from the grounds of Ireland's biggest mosque by a garda during a row over parking during a religious festival has failed in a discrimination claim.

Business • 31 Jan

Fórsa had accused the Departments of Social Protection and Finance of acting unilaterally by trying to reduce the number of remote working days currently available to staff (stock pic)

Compromise reached in civil service remote working row

A compromise has been reached in a row over remote working arrangements for civil servants.

Business • 31 Jan

A WRC adjudicator said he had decided David Moore and three members of the Astronomy Ireland management committee will be joined as respondents in a claim for constructive dismissal and further alleged rights breaches by a former worker

Astronomy Ireland founder attached to work rights claim

The founder of Astronomy Ireland has now been attached to an employment rights claim by a former manager who has accused him of "pocketing" money meant to go to the science organisation.

Business • 30 Jan

The €40,000 award made against Tesco was at the maximum of the Workplace Relations Commission's jurisdiction in the case

Tesco pays €40k to worker let go due to vision impairment

Tesco has been ordered to pay €40,000 after an "utterly bizarre and disingenuous" move to present an occupational health consultant's report as a "medical opinion" when it dismissed a supermarket worker on long-term sick leave.

Business • 30 Jan

Dundalk FC's former football director has won over €64,000 for multiple breaches of employment law by the soccer club

Dundalk FC told to pay €64,000 to ex-sporting director

Dundalk FC sacked its former football director Brian Gartland in an act of whistleblower penalisation after he voiced health and safety concerns about squad members playing "three days a week straight" upon coming back from injury, a tribunal has found.

Business • 29 Jan

The freeze on federal grant, loan and other assistance programs was announced on Monday and blocked by a federal court yesterday

White House says OMB memo on funding freeze rescinded

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has said a memo issued by the Office of Management and Budget pausing federal grant, loan and other assistance programs was rescinded.

US • 29 Jan

Indeed's Jobs & Hiring Trends Report found that 17.5% of posting mentioned remote or hybrid

Remote working job ads hit record high - Indeed

The share of Irish job postings on hiring platform Indeed offering remote or hybrid work rose to a record high at the end of December 2024.

Ireland • 29 Jan

The Workplace Relations Commission heard an unsuccessful complaint under the Employment Equality Act 1998 against the Focus Ireland charity by a former employee

Public 'less likely' to donate to homeless single parents

Focus Ireland used a prop wedding ring for publicity photos shot in 2019 after being presented with ad agency research showing donors were "less likely to support single parents" who had fallen into homelessness, a tribunal has been told.

Business • 27 Jan

In a complaint under the Payment of Wages Act 1991, a worker has alleged that his former employer hired him in July, but paid him nothing for around 230 hours of work guarding shops in Dublin

Security guard says firm left him 'begging' for wages

A migrant worker has told the Workplace Relations Commission that his former security company employer was in the practice of not paying people who "have a deficiency of the English language".

Business • 24 Jan

Circle K's Zeljka Starcevic, Chief People Officer of Maxol Catherine Noctor, MrPRICE's Edel Kavanagh, Managing Director of Circle K Ireland Ciara Foxton, Maxol's Ayush Kumar and Corporate Social Responsibility Co-ordinator at MrPRICE Siobhán Guerrine

20% of retail workers suffer abusive behaviour every week

Over two thirds of retail workers in Ireland have experienced abusive or inappropriate language or behaviour from the public, according to new research.

Business • 28 Jan

A businessman has denied an allegation that he got into a 'fit of temper' with an employee after the worker copied the firm's auditor on an email complaining that her pay had come late for the third month in a row

Boss apoplectic after worker copied auditor on complaint

A businessman has denied an allegation that he got into a "fit of temper" with an employee and told her "you're fired" after the worker copied the firm's auditor on an email complaining that her pay had come late for the third month in a row.

Business • 23 Jan

A voice note recorded by a worker talking about 'cocaine use and smoking joints"'on a subcontractor's site at Intel's Irish plant has been produced as a 'cover-up' for whistleblower penalisation, the WRC has heard

Voice note on 'joints' at Intel site part of cover-up

A voice note recorded by a worker talking about "cocaine use, smoking joints" and having "h*es" on a subcontractor's site at Intel's Irish semiconductor plant has been produced as a "cover-up" for whistleblower penalisation, a lawyer has said.

Business • 22 Jan

John Magee, Chair of the Local Enterprise Office network, ⁠Carol Gibbons, Head of Entrepreneurship, Regions and Local Enterprise, Enterprise Ireland, Shane Tiernan, County & City Management Association and ⁠John Larkin, founder of The Black Stuff

Local Enterprise Offices supported 7,100 new jobs in 2024

Local Enterprise Offices supported a record number of jobs last year, according to new figures.

Business • 22 Jan

Over half of employers surveyed said their organisations do not provide training or support for AI use

Staff want to upskill in AI, training not being offered

New research reveals that 80% of Irish employees would like to upskill in AI, but only 16% have received training.

Business • 22 Jan

Speakers will highlight the importance of an employer having a social media usage policy with clear parameters outlined within (Stock image)

Legal experts to discuss social media challenges at work

Legal experts will gather later to discuss and debate the evolving legal landscape surrounding employees' social media activities and their potential employment repercussions.

Business • 22 Jan

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PTSB to cut around 300 jobs this year

Order of nuns that sacked manager ordered to pay €70,000

Bank of Ireland offers staff 4% pay increase

Highest earnings for workers in non-EU multinationals

Bosses tackling 'hushed hybrid' remote working deals

Jobs in Republic recovered faster than NI after Covid

Chef worked 70-hour weeks for under €3 an hour, WRC hears

Journalist was 'well compensated' for on-air work - WRC

Fall in job vacancies but level of hybrid roles stable

SIPTU to ballot Section 39 workers for strike action

Clonskeagh Mosque cleared of disability discrimination

Compromise reached in civil service remote working row

Astronomy Ireland founder attached to work rights claim

Tesco pays €40k to worker let go due to vision impairment

Dundalk FC told to pay €64,000 to ex-sporting director

White House says OMB memo on funding freeze rescinded

Remote working job ads hit record high - Indeed

Public 'less likely' to donate to homeless single parents

Security guard says firm left him 'begging' for wages

20% of retail workers suffer abusive behaviour every week

Boss apoplectic after worker copied auditor on complaint

Voice note on 'joints' at Intel site part of cover-up

Local Enterprise Offices supported 7,100 new jobs in 2024

Staff want to upskill in AI, training not being offered

Legal experts to discuss social media challenges at work

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