The public service pay agreement is “compromised” but still standing after the Government’s acceptance of proposals to resolve the recent nurses’ dispute, the trade union Siptu has said. “This flexibility will be used to advance the interests of Siptu members in the public service,” he said. Mr King said the extent to which the public service agreement - which is scheduled to run until the end of 2020 - had been compromised remained to be seen. He insisted that the additional payments on offer to nurses under the Labour Court recommendation would not breach the current public service accord. It is understood that public service unions have been meeting individually with senior officers of the public service committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in recent days on their views in the light of the nurses’ proposals.

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2019 11:40 UTC