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Intel offer highlights need for short term work scheme says Sherlock
Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights, Marie Sherlock has today (Friday 2nd December) said Intel’s unpaid leave offer will send a chill throughout workplaces across the country and added that workers must be protected from any …
Pressure on local services never an excuse to intimidate and make people feel unwelcome
Speaking in response to a second protest held outside the former ESB building in East Wall, Labour Senator Marie Sherlock has said that there is never an excuse for holding a protest in an intimidating and demeaning manner designed to …
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 …
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