National News
Here you can find some of the major issues I’ve been working on in national politics.
Gender pay gap in Ireland remains stubbornly and unacceptably high
Women workers earn almost a quarter less compared to their male counterparts. Vital the State transposes the full spirit of the EU’s adequate minimum wage directive later next year plus the EU’s pay transparency directive. Labour …
Twitter workers show that it can’t be all one way for employers
Labour calls for amendment to Protection of Employment legislation to increase fines to a percentage of turnover, not a token fine. Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Saturday, 19th November) said the response by …
Government’s Living Wage plan is a work of fiction
No improvement planned next year to move NMW towards 60% of median earnings Government continues to drag heels defending security workers. Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights, Senator Marie Sherlock has today (Friday, 18th November) …
Good jobs key to O’Connell Street regeneration
Clerys Quarter must be the benchmark for community benefits Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights, Senator Marie Sherlock said today (Wednesday, 16th November) said that good jobs with decent terms and conditions, as promised by …
Twitter appears to be actively ignoring Irish Labour laws
Manner of redundancy notice appears to amount to constructive dismissal. Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights, Senator Marie Sherlock has said Twitter appears to be riding roughshod over Irish labour laws and said the manner of …
Government concede on need for right to flexible work after almost a year of time wasting
Government must end time wasting and provide certainty to workers Dealing with a Right to Flexible Work in the Work Life Balance Bill must provide certainty for workers Responding to the announcement by Minister Roderic O’Gorman during …
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