Salary
# salary - Friday 26 April, 2013
Column: To restore our financial credibility, tough decisions must be taken on Croke Park 2
You can’t spend money you don’t have, writes Seán Murphy, who says Jack O’Connor’s proposal to use the €1 billion promissory note savings and taxing the wealthy is not a viable solution.
# salary - Thursday 4 April, 2013
President Obama to give back $20,000 of his salary
Five per cent of his salary will be given to Treasury to act in solidarity with federal workers by sharing in the budget cuts pain.
# salary - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Gender pay gap in Ireland still ‘unacceptably’ wide
A report that was discussed in the European Parliament today found that 38 per cent of Europeans rank the pay gap as the most important inequality.
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.
# salary - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Column: In comparison to public sector workers in the US, Irish frontline workers are poorly paid
New recruits to frontline services in Boston can be paid three times more than what the Irish government has sought to establish as the new starting salary for public service workers. Larry Donnelly discusses the reasons for the disparity in salaries.
# salary - Friday 1 February, 2013
GRA rejects proposed cuts to garda pay and allowances
Briefing documents show that the government is seeking to extend the working day and cut overtime and payments for working on public holidays.
# salary - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Junior doctors in Cork worked almost 125,000 overtime hours in 5 months
Earlier this month it was revealed that junior doctors are being asked to work 36 hours in succession.
# salary - 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.
# salary - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Dunnes Stores 14,000 staff to get 3% pay rise
This will be the first pay increase for the retailer’s staff since 2007.
# salary - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
The Pep Guardiola rumour roadshow stops off at Bayern Munich
The German club are keeping ‘ruhig’ about the whole deal but could be about to out-fox Chelsea and Man City.
# salary - Thursday 13 December, 2012
1,642 sign petition calling on reversal of cuts to graduate nurses’ pay
It comes after the HSE announced the recruitment of 1,000 graduate nurses and midwives on lower pay rates.
# salary - Monday 3 December, 2012
Four in ten employers to increase pay in 2013
Three quarters of companies with occupational sick pay schemes said the potential impact of a statutory scheme would result in a revision of existing sick pay and benefit entitlements.
# salary - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
27 bankers earning over €500,000 a year
Figures released today show that 20 of the staff are in Bank of Ireland, while seven are in the IBRC. Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said that he is “amazed and raging”.
# salary - Thursday 1 November, 2012
Bank of Ireland: 120 homes repossessed or surrendered in first half of 2012
Meanwhile, it emerged that 16,000 BOI customers have had their mortgage restructured, with 86 per cent of people fully complying with payment.
# salary - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Irish judges’ salaries are second highest in Europe
A recent report showed the average judge earned a gross salary of €147,961 in 2010.
# salary - 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.
# salary - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Ulster Bank: HSE staff still waiting on 21 June pay
Meanwhile, the bank has said it will open some branches on Saturday and Sunday this week.
# salary - Monday 2 July, 2012
Ulster Bank will pay utility bills for some customers
The bank is still struggling to clear a backlog of payments.
# salary - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
‘Ming’ Flanagan on €9k signpost donation: I’m keeping my election promise
The Independent TD says he is trying to keep the donation quiet as his phone begins ringing again with requests for the half of his salary that he has pledged to give away.
# salary - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
EBS workers vote to end ’13th month’ strike action
94 per cent of Unite members withdraw their action and to accept a deal brokered at the Labour Relations Commission last week.
# salary - 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.
# salary - Sunday 29 January, 2012
Leo Varadkar says €135k salary request didn’t break the rules
The Minister for Transport said that exceptions can be made to the €92,000 pay cap on ministerial advisers.
# salary - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
EBS staff to hold second strike over ’13th month’ payment
Staff will picket EBS branches and the offices of its parent bank AIB, in protest at the withholding of a December payment.
# salary - Tuesday 20 December, 2011
EBS staff begin strike action over ’13th month’ payment
Staff at the State-owned building society say their ‘Scrooge-like’ employer is withholding an annual payment of four weeks’ pay.
# salary - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
EBS staff vote to strike over Christmas payment
A majority of UNITE members at the building society vote to pursue action over the withholding of a ’13th month’ payment.
# salary - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
EBS cancels Christmas payments for staff
Staff are balloting for strike action after the building society said there would be no traditional Christmas payment for employees. The payment has been made every year for the past 45 years.
# salary - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Marian Finucane defends six-figure RTÉ salary
Broadcaster rejected criticism of her perceived working hours: “Would you say to the editor of the Sunday Times that he works one day a week?”
# salary - Saturday 22 October, 2011
Poll: Should workers be paid for lunch breaks?
Following changes to how the HSE pays locum doctors, we ask, should workers be paid for the lunch breaks?
# salary - Monday 18 July, 2011
# salary - Monday 28 March, 2011
Revealed: the real value of a stay-at-home parent
All that cooking, cleaning and chauffering adds up to a gross domestic output of €39,182.











































