Ireland
The Impact public service union is balloting its 28,000 health service members over potential industrial action in protest at a continuing recruitment freeze imposed by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE has persisted with the policy despite criticism in two court judgements that highlighted the HSE's failure to consult properly with trade unions in line with the “Towards 2016” national agreement.
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The public service union IMPACT is organising a ballot of its health service membership over industrial action in protest at the Health Service Executive's (HSE) continuing recruitment freeze. The union criticised the HSE for introducing the policy and won a court ruling that the employers had failed to consult properly over the freeze. IMPACT as warned of the effects on services as the recruitment freeze bites. Read more at > IMPACT (EN)
The National Implementation Board, the government appointed body that oversees industrial relations issues, has criticised the Health Services Executive (HSE) for failing to consult trade unions over a recruitment freeze announced in September. Health unions had been concerned that the recruitment freeze would have an impact on the level of service but were also angry that the HSE had not attempted to consult over the issue in line with the commitment to social dialogue enshrined in the national agreement, Towards 2016. [Read more at > IMPACT (EN)->http://www.impact.ie/iopen24/pub/newsdesk
The INMO nurses’ and midwives’ union has called on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to end the moratorium on recruiting frontline patient-facing staff. The HSE has revealed that emergency department attendances are up 13% compared to the same period in 2023 and 452 patients were admitted to hospital without a bed on a single day earlier this month. INMO warns that its members are bearing the brunt of public disappointment and in some cases aggression for the state of the health service while working in extremely challenging environments. The union says that staff who are leaving because of