Dublin City Council’s city manager has confirmed that there is no proposal for a three-day week for the council’s staff, following IMPACT demands for clarifications after press reports yesterday.
The union’s Local Government and Municipal Employees divisions both contacted management after a report in the Irish Times said it was considering a three-day week.
On foot of this, the city manager confirmed “that there is no proposal for a three-day week.” He also confirmed that all issues relating to the latest financial situation, and the potential implications for staff and services, would continue to be discussed with IMPACT and other unions. The next meeting of the Council’s Financial Arrangements Partnership Group takes place on 14th September.
Meanwhile, IMPACT national secretary Peter Nolan wrote to the chief of the Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB), which represents all councils in the State, to express the union’s concern at the increasing number of media reports about potential plans for reductions in working time.
He said that staff had contributed hugely to maintaining services in a year when 3,000 jobs would be lost due to financial pressures. “The imposition of short-time working on anything other than a voluntary basis will be resisted in the most forceful manner by this union,” he said.
The union’s Local Government and Municipal Employees divisions both contacted management after a report in the Irish Times said it was considering a three-day week.
On foot of this, the city manager confirmed “that there is no proposal for a three-day week.” He also confirmed that all issues relating to the latest financial situation, and the potential implications for staff and services, would continue to be discussed with IMPACT and other unions. The next meeting of the Council’s Financial Arrangements Partnership Group takes place on 14th September.
Meanwhile, IMPACT national secretary Peter Nolan wrote to the chief of the Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB), which represents all councils in the State, to express the union’s concern at the increasing number of media reports about potential plans for reductions in working time.
He said that staff had contributed hugely to maintaining services in a year when 3,000 jobs would be lost due to financial pressures. “The imposition of short-time working on anything other than a voluntary basis will be resisted in the most forceful manner by this union,” he said.
