Plan for BoI restructuring accepted by IBOA

Proposals from employment mediator Kieran Mulvey on how staff will participate in Bank of Ireland's restructuring programme have…

Proposals from employment mediator Kieran Mulvey on how staff will participate in Bank of Ireland's restructuring programme have been accepted by Members of the Irish Bank Officials Association.

In a statement today the IBOA said following a vote, "IBOA members voted by a majority to accept Mr Mulvey's recommendation."

The IBOA will be seeking an early meeting with senior Bank management to facilitate the introduction of a 35-hour week, the application of the 6 per cent profit share payment and to ensure that staff wishing to leave the Bank, through voluntary severance or early retirement, are accommodated.

Bank of Ireland recently unveiled a cost-cutting programme which will see 2,100 jobs being lost at the bank leading to an annual reduction in costs of €120 over the next four years.