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Cabinet has signed off on new legislation to give all workers the right to paid sick leave. The Government’s statutory sick pay scheme will be phased in over a four-year period
It will start with three days per year in 2022, rising to five days payable in 2023 and seven days payable in 2024. Employers will eventually cover the cost of 10 sick days per year in 2025.
Sick pay will be paid by employers at a rate of 70% of an employee’s wage, subject to a daily threshold of €110.
John Barry, HR and Employment Law Consultant, and former member of the ISME National Council and Brendan Ogle, senior officer at UNITE, joined Kieran to discuss.
Out of Time
Brendan Ogle Of Unite submitted the following article to the
Irish Times on 15 December 2020
Unite House
15
th December 2020
On 14 December 2020 Jerry Buttimer stood up in the Seanad and said that in terms of personal finances, Ireland was becoming a more equal place. ‘
The reality is that income growth and inequality is falling in our country at this time’ he said, ‘
and as Mr. Pat Leahy wrote recently in The Irish Times, people are getting richer and we are becoming more equal.’
Those seeking to help families and individuals suffering from shocking deprivation here this Christmas will be shocked at this news. And so they should be. Because it is false. It is not acceptable for Journalists to present as ‘facts’ things that are not facts and present them as seasonal gifts to ideologically driven Politicians practised in the policies of division, isolation, poverty and deprivation.
How Equal A Society Is Ireland?
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A new report has countered claims that economic inequality in Ireland is falling, claiming instead that it is unacceptably high and growing.
The evidence is presented in
Hungry Bellies are not Equal to Full Bellies, published today by the trade union Unite.
Brendan Ogle, senior officer with Unite, joined us to discuss the findings and what can be done to change the situation.
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