Category: Labour market
Future Jobs in Ireland
Douglas White 22/11/2019
I had the opportunity to be in Dublin earlier this month for the Irish Government’s ‘Future of Jobs’ summit. One year on from the first such summit and an important milestone as the Government prepares for the launch of Future Jobs Ireland 2020, this was a significant event. Contributors included Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, seven Government …
The Inequality of Unemployment
Nora Hassan 17/07/2019
Ireland was among the European countries hit hardest by the financial crisis with unemployment soaring to 15 per cent. In the years following the …
Digital platforms
Rory O'Farrell 03/05/2019
In the mid-2010s, British researchers surveyed the number of digital platform workers (such as workers using Uber, Deliveroo, or Amazon Turk) by …
Zero hours work
Michelle O'Sullivan 16/04/2019
There has much attention on zero hours work in Ireland in recent years. Former Labour Party Minister of State for Business and Employment Ged Nash …
Precarious work leads to precarious lives
Sinead Pembroke 24/01/2019
Precarious work precarious lives: how policy can create more security – a report recently published by FEPS-TASC – reveals that precarious work …
Now is the time to talk about job quality
Gail Irvine 23/10/2018
This week the Carnegie UK Trust published new research which analyses how workplace trends are impacting on the quality of life of workers in …
Living wage
Robert Sweeney 17/07/2018
LAST WEEK THE Living Wage Technical Group published an update of the living wage in Ireland. The living wage calculates the wage needed to live a …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Sinead Pembroke
Dr Sinéad Pembroke is a research fellow at the School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity …