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[Ireland] University of Limerick must pay €50,000 for counsellor’s forced retirement

[Ireland] University of Limerick must pay €50,000 for counsellor’s forced retirement [Ireland] University of Limerick must pay €50,000 for counsellor’s forced retirement

Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator Bríd Deering ordered UL to compensate Michael O’Mahony for its breach of Employment Equality legislation.
01 Feb 2023
[Ireland] HSE’s outdated payroll systems shortchange 440,000 pensioners

[Ireland] HSE’s outdated payroll systems shortchange 440,000 pensioners [Ireland] HSE’s outdated payroll systems shortchange 440,000 pensioners

Under the Building Momentum pay deal, about 44,500 retired HSE workers are due rises in their pensions.
31 Jan 2023
[Turkey] Hunger threshold surpassed minimum wage in January

[Turkey] Hunger threshold surpassed minimum wage in January [Turkey] Hunger threshold surpassed minimum wage in January

The poverty threshold indicates the money needed for a family of four to feed itself sufficiently and healthily.
30 Jan 2023
[UK] Employers can step up with workplace menopause protection policies

[UK] Employers can step up with workplace menopause protection policies [UK] Employers can step up with workplace menopause protection policies

The government also failed to respond to calls for a large-scale pilot of menopause leave, a move which has led...
26 Jan 2023
[UK] Proposal to make menopause an Equality Act ‘protected characteristic’ blocked

[UK] Proposal to make menopause an Equality Act ‘protected characteristic’ blocked [UK] Proposal to make menopause an Equality Act ‘protected characteristic’ blocked

Protected characteristics are a specific set of characteristics that it is illegal to discriminate against.
26 Jan 2023
[Isle of Man] Progress in plans to introduce shared parental leave

[Isle of Man] Progress in plans to introduce shared parental leave [Isle of Man] Progress in plans to introduce shared parental leave

In a public consultation, 94 per cent of the 376 respondents backed the move and a Tynwald committee has called for...
26 Jan 2023
[Netherlands] 1 in 5 workers changed jobs in 2022

[Netherlands] 1 in 5 workers changed jobs in 2022 [Netherlands] 1 in 5 workers changed jobs in 2022

404,000 people changed jobs between the second and third quarters of 2022, “a quarter more than just before the pandemic”,...
26 Jan 2023
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