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The Mid-East Regional Skills forum is one of several established by the Department of Further and Higher Education around the Republic to aid smaller businesses in training workers. Photograph: iStock

Businesses must boost workers’ skills to prepare for future – Government training body

May 14, 2021

Around 200 companies have signed up for a Mid-East Regional Skills Forum webinar

A Covid-19 certificate of vaccination app on a mobile phone

3:55 The post-vaccine world will present its own problems for office workers

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Pilita Clark
March 15, 2021

Pilita Clark: In an Israeli catering firm the unvaccinated have to take their packed lunch outside

Ports are filling up as coronavirus-hit workers struggle to offload products backed up in containers. Photograph: Alan Betson

People: the strongest link in the strained supply chain

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Andrew Hill
March 12, 2021

Pandemic has highlighted shortage of skilled managers who can map a route out of chaos

Tommy Byrne: “Young musicians who want to pursue their career in music, it is possible. You can get a green card. If you put a band together, work on your sound, promote yourself and tour – you can make a few bob and have the most amazing experience.”

Raglan Road in Disney World leads to new frontiers for musical Byrne family

Work
Joanne Hunt
March 12, 2021

Wild Geese: Tommy Byrne, Florida

If employers don’t know what people’s problems are, then they can’t try to fix them. Photograph: iStock

If you’re having problems working from home, your employer needs to know

Work
Olive Keogh
March 12, 2021

Workers should not allow themselves to suffer in silence, employee wellness expert says

Leadership in Eir is split with male employees making up 65 per cent

Eir pledges to further reduce gender pay gap

Work
Ciara O'Brien
March 10, 2021

Communications company has pay gap of 11.2% while 80% of its employees are male

Central Bank: ‘Pronounced gender imbalance’ at board level of financial firms. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Financial sector’s lack of progress on gender balance ‘disappointing’, says Central Bank

Absence of diversity at senior level will ‘continue to be a priority’

Those in their 20s and early 30s were the age group most looking forward to returning to the workplace, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Photograph: iStock

Do young people really need to go back into the office?

Work
Emma Jacobs
March 8, 2021

We need to examine how workers’ needs change as they age and develop professionally

Businesses have moved to new technology platforms in ways and over timeframes that would have been impossible 10 years ago. Photograph: iStock

Post-Covid how can businesses prepare for the next big disruption?

Work
Harry Goddard
March 8, 2021

Many companies are now making digital transformation an integral part of planning

Irish women are still waiting for the Government to introduce gender pay gap information legislation. Photograph: iStock

Extent of workplace gender inequality remains conveniently hidden

Work
March 6, 2021

Cantillon: Women have right to better monitoring of pay gaps and unequal representation

Progress was mainly driven by the narrowing of the gender pay gap and a fall in the female unemployment rate.

More women than men losing jobs during the pandemic

Work
Colin Gleeson
March 5, 2021

PwC’s annual Women in Work Index shows Ireland has moved up four places in rankings

Brid Horan, who co-chairs Balance for Better Business: Progress at top Iseq companies shows that ‘monitoring does matter’. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Women hold 30% of director roles at top Iseq companies

Work
Laura Slattery
March 5, 2021

But progress on gender balance remains ‘fragile’ overall and slow on leadership teams

Hugh O’Donnell is founder and chief executive of Bermuda Brokers.

Ireland in the 1980s ‘lost interest in people like me’

Work
Joanne Hunt
March 5, 2021

Wild Geese: Hugh O’Donnell, Bermuda

When a woman returns from maternity leave there is no hiding the fact of a new baby

Pregnancy penalty still hurting women, and their employers

Work
Olive Keogh
March 5, 2021

Many firms fail to offer any support on employees’ return from maternity

The average worker now sends and receives about 126 business emails a day. Photograph: iStock

Pilita Clark: The scourge of work email is far worse than you think

Work
Pilita Clark
March 1, 2021

Revolutionary fix needed to address the tyranny of the bloated inbox

Fianna Fáil senator Mary Fitzpatrick said Deliveroo riders (above) and those working for similar delivery companies had provided a “vital and essential service” to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Government has no plans to create new employment status for gig workers

Work
Colin Gleeson
February 26, 2021

UK ruling has extended additional rights to casual workers such as Deliveroo riders

Chief sustainability officers are often ‘misunderstood’ within their organisations

Why the sudden scramble to add sustainability to the C-Suite?

Work
Olive Keogh
February 26, 2021

Ideal candidate profile is likely to be a senior executive with a broad business background

Ita Kennedy has been experiencing life in a bubble on an undisclosed Caribbean island.

‘I felt like I was in a zoo without the fences’

Work
Barbara McCarthy
February 26, 2021

Wild Geese: Ita Kennedy, Los Angeles

The move comes days after a landmark ruling against Uber by the UK supreme court, which said the ride hailing app’s employees were workers rather than being self-employed. Photograph: iStock

EU should give gig workers same rights as permanent staff

Work
Javier Espinoza
February 24, 2021

Commission launches consultation on employment rights

Former star correspondent for 60 Minutes Mike Wallace. His bad behaviour behind the scenes has been revealed in a new book. Photograph: Courtesy of Mongrel Media

5:13 Pilita Clark: Toxic offices don’t change when they go virtual

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Pilita Clark
February 22, 2021

One common complaint comes from people who belatedly discover they have not been invited to big online work meetings

Stephen McKenna: ‘The amount of money we can play with is insane compared to college sports in Ireland’

‘Unlike other places in the US, you can actually afford to live here’

Work
Barbara McCarthy
February 19, 2021

Wild Geese: Stephen McKenna is a women’s soccer coach in North Carolina

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