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HSE seeking more personnel to work over an extended day running from 8am-8pm, but unions warn against unilateral changes to working arrangements
However, Fórsa, the largest public service trade union, warned there would be “an appropriate response” if the HSE sought unilaterally to instruct staff to change their working hours outside the provisions of existing agreements. " Employees may be required to work the agreed roster and/or on call arrangements advised to them by their line manager. The focus is, however, more on rostered presence. Their contracted hours of work are liable to change between the hours of 8am-8pm over seven days to meet the requirements for extended day services.
Mr Gloster said HSE management was in talks to unions about implementing this provision, and would be specifically focusing on those staff recruited before 2008.
Bernard-Gloster Jennifer-Carroll-Macneill
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