A radical change in the institutional, public and political mind-set, starting at the top and percolating through all our private and public bodies, is necessary to establish a society built on the values of the common good and the common wealth as exemplified in the programme of the First Dáil, said Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive [...]
Trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation and/or labour exploitation or for the removal of organs is a crime punishable by a penalty of up to life imprisonment under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act, 2008, which became operational on 7 June 2008. The Irish Government is committed to tackling this crime, to the creation [...]
The sudden announcement by the Minister for Education, Mr Batt O’Keefe, TD, of the abolition of the National University of Ireland (NUI) has been described as the latest example of ‘decisions without policy’ by the Minister, Mr Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary has said.
“The announcement occurred without due consultation and with a total lack [...]
The Government’s recruitment squeeze of academic staff at third level is likely to face a legal challenge from the group which represents university lecturers.
The seven university presidents have also been considering a court challenge against the new Employment Control Framework which some maintain runs counter to the 1997 Universities Act, guaranteeing their independence.
While university presidents [...]
IFUT has written to the European Commission to complain about a Labour Court decision affecting one of its members.
It is calling on the Commission to investigate Ireland’s non-compliance with the fixed term workers directive, and Fixed Term Workers Act, 2003, the statute examined by the Labour Court in the run-up to its decision.
The 2003 Act [...]
IFUT has written a briefing on the recently-published legislation on university pension funds. It has been sent to various members of the Oireachtas. The briefing is available here (Members only).
The legislation facilitating the transfer of the pension funds of the TCD, UCD, UCC, NUIG and NUIM pension schemes and the NUI General Scheme to the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) was published on Friday last, 12 June. The legislation is part of the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2009 (Number 37 of 2009) and [...]