The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) / European Association for Personnel Management (EAPM) held a joint conference, entitled 'European workplace of the future - flexible and competitive', in Dublin on 11-13 May 2005. Ireland was chosen as the location for the event because of
The ICTU's two-yearly conference held in Killarney on 6-8 July 1999 reflected the widespread positive mood in Ireland due to the country's enormous economic growth of recent years. It is clear, however, that major challenges lie ahead for the trade unions, not least regarding the negotiation of an
On 14 July 1999, the Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern, launched a new joint training initiative from theIrish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), which was developed with the assistance of the National Centre for Partnership (IE9706202N
The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), Ireland's largest trade union with some 200,000 members, has recorded 1,122 pay settlements from the commencement of the current Partnership 2000 [1] (P2000) three-year national agreement (IE9702103F [2]) in January 1997 up to mid
In April 1999, the LCGB trade union confederation called on the Luxembourg government to launch a programme to regularise the position of 5,000 foreign workers who are registered for social security but do not have a residence permit or work permit.
May 1999 saw the publication of a report by the National Competitiveness Council (NPC), which called for the continuation of national partnership agreements between government, trade unions and employers' organisations. Shortly afterwards, a survey of private sector wage settlements indicated that
Employers are facing demands for special once-off payments from employees who will have to work on Millennium eve, 31 December 1999, or over the subsequent weekend (1-2 January 2000). These include, for example: workers in key information technology (IT) areas who need to monitor the computer
ESB, the state-owned electricity company, has rejected a major profit-share claim from its trade unions as a breach of Partnership 2000 [1] (P2000), Ireland's current three-year national agreement (IE9702103F [2]). The claim envisages a 12.5% pay-out, worth almost IEP 4,000 per worker, based on
A new Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) booklet, entitled /Sharing the gains, supporting partnership/, provides advice for trade union negotiators on incentive-based reward mechanisms such as gainsharing, profit sharing and employee share-ownership plans (ESOP s). The document, launched on 14
A framework for "partnership" within Ireland's local authority system, based on a three-tier structure, has been agreed between management and trade unions. Launched on 1 April 1999 by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Noel Dempsey, the agreement - set out in a document entitled