Pay
# pay - Monday 17 June, 2013
Pay for most Irish workers fell between December and March
Overall pay rose by 0.4pc, according to Eurostat – but if you don’t work in a professional industry, it probably fell.
# pay - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
The Evening Fix: Now with added footage from inside a tornado
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# pay - Monday 27 May, 2013
Haddington Road deal may not be constitutional, says union
The Irish Federation of University Teachers says it has hired a senior barrister to examine the constitutionality of the proposed deal to see if it can be challenged in the courts.
# pay - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
‘Industrial peace’ on the way if unions accept pay proposals
If the union’s proposals are accepted, the ‘essential elements’ of the Croke Park Agreement will remain in place.
# pay - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Will you have to pay to watch YouTube videos soon?
The pay to channels are set to be launched in the coming months.
# pay - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# pay - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Aaron McKenna: We must sacrifice industrial peace to save the nation
We have been treating nurses and gardai as equal in importance to receptionists and quango directors, they are not equal in importance, writes Aaron McKenna.
# pay - Friday 12 April, 2013
TEEU rejects ‘Croke Park 2′ proposals by two-to-one margin
The union, which represents engineering and electrical workers, is the third to vote against the deal.
# pay - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Government expects “detailed proposals” from banks on salary reduction
Simon Coveney said today that the pillar banks had been contacted by the government about proposals to reduce salary levels.
# pay - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Column: Croke Park 2 is a watershed moment in the Irish trade union movement
Croke Park 2 is a serious reversal of rights won by trade unions over decades. If rejected, it will be the union leaders that will come under question, writes Kieran Allen.
# pay - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Civil servant union to recommend No vote on Croke Park II
The AHCPS which represents more than 2,700 public sector workers says its members have already taken pay reductions of at least 15 per cent.
# pay - Friday 22 February, 2013
Average industrial wage rises to €828.88 per week
The latest CSO figures show the average worker makes €697.65, with an average working week of 31.7 hours.
# pay - Friday 15 February, 2013
Garda Commissioner to meet GRA as plans for industrial action get underway
The GRA said plans are in place for members to “turn off the goodwill tap” from 22 February if the government refuses to budge on pay cut proposals.
# pay - Friday 18 January, 2013
SIPTU to seek pay increases for retail workers after Dunnes deal
SIPTU welcomes Dunnes Stores’ agreement to increase pay by 3 per cent, and says it wants rises elsewhere.
33% of households have an income of less than €30,000 – NERI
New NERI research shows that 62 per cent of households across the country have a gross income below the mean.
# pay - Thursday 17 January, 2013
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Dunnes Stores 14,000 staff to get 3% pay rise
This will be the first pay increase for the retailer’s staff since 2007.
# pay - Saturday 12 January, 2013
HSE says strong interest in new nursing jobs, despite boycott calls
The HSE began advertising yesterday for graduate nurses and midwives – but nursing unions have call for a boycott of the jobs.
# pay - Friday 11 January, 2013
Troika recommends cuts to specialist doctors’ salaries Exclusive
In a leaked document, the Troika suggests a number of radical measures to address the health service overspend including hiring specialists from abroad, cutting doctors’ pay and making savings on the cost of drugs.
# pay - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Leap card: Daily Luas spend capped, and auto-top-up on the way
The National Transport Authority introduced the cap, and plans to roll it out for Irish Rail and Dublin Bus in the near future.
# pay - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
James Reilly asked to stop HSE plan to pay graduate nurses lower salaries
SIPTU has written to the Minister for Health asking him to stop the HSE plan to recruit new nurses on lower salaries
# pay - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Nurses protest plan to pay graduates ’80 per cent salary’
Around 500 nurses held a rally to protest the plans by the HSE to hire new nurses on lower pay.
# pay - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Aaron McKenna: Gender pay gap is a major problem… for all of us
And the solution is far more complex than equal-pay legislation – it goes to the roots of our social system.
# pay - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
Gender gap: Irish women pay ‘high price’ for motherhood
A new OECD report shows that the gender pay gap in Ireland widens as women have children.
# pay - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Aaron McKenna: Plight of nurses exposes futility of the Croke Park deal
We’re breaking the hiring freeze to staff our health service – and the new entrants will be taking the pay cuts nobody else wants.
# pay - Monday 3 December, 2012
# pay - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Inter Milan: Wesley Sneijder won’t play until contract dispute is settled
The Dutch midfielder is now likely to leave the club in January.
# pay - Thursday 22 November, 2012
How many Irish tax exiles have paid the ‘rich tax’ this year?
The tax was introduced in 2010 to target wealthy Irish exiles who earn more than €1 million a year and also have assets of over €5 million in Ireland.
# pay - Monday 19 November, 2012
Fianna Fáil to publish legislation to reduce bankers’ pensions
The full details of the bill on senior banking executives’ pensions will be given by the party’s spokesperson on Finance, Michael McGrath, tomorrow.
# pay - Sunday 16 September, 2012
Teachers respond to Taoiseach’s 40-hour-week request
Teachers’ unions say they already work more than 40 hours a week – and more than their counterparts across the globe.
# pay - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Average industrial wage down by 3.3 per cent in second quarter
The average industrial worker now earns €41,807 a year; the average salary across all sectors is down to €35,768.
# pay - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Two out of three workers do unpaid overtime to cover workload – survey
Workers clocking up more than an hour on average in unpaid overtime each month.
# pay - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
Shoes, health insurance top ups and school fees – public service allowances revealed
Millions in school fees and cost of living expenses are paid to those posted overseas, while details of allowances paid across many of the departments have been revealed.
# pay - Saturday 9 June, 2012
Dublin Bus announces €15million cost-cutting plan
Staff will see allowances reduced under the proposals, which the company said would not affect passengers.
# pay - Friday 25 May, 2012
Average €100 drop in weekly pay for many retail workers – union
Mandate said 18,000 of its members have seen their weekly take-home pay reduced by an average €100 in the last year.
# pay - Monday 2 April, 2012
NTMA management agree to 15 per cent pay cut
However, one senior employee at the State agency refused to accept the reduction.
# pay - Saturday 3 March, 2012
Public service pay drop bigger than in private sector
…but average wages are still falling overall, new figures show.
# pay - Monday 30 January, 2012
More than €10million collected in PRSI overcharge
Thousands of people were due an average refund of €385 each after paying a health levy they were not liable for.
# pay - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
Top civil servant to retire, aged 55, with €430,000 package
Meanwhile, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has revealed that one civil servant has taken a voluntary pay cut of more than 50 per cent.
# pay - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Guess how much the new chief of Apple earns?
Tim Cook took over from the late Steve Jobs last year. What do you think is in his pay packet?






















































