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UK's Channel 4 says to cut over 300 jobs

British broadcaster Channel 4 said today that it would cut around 340 jobs - more than a quarter of its workforce - by the end of the year.

Business • 09 Sep

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Amazon announces 200 new jobs for Dublin, pay hike

Online retail giant Amazon has started recruiting for 200 new jobs at its operations sites in Dublin which include its main distribution warehouse in Baldonnel, as well as two delivery stations in Rathcoole and Ballycoolin.

Business • 09 Sep

Illustration an Artificial Intelligence (AI) symbol is displayed on a smartphone

AI gains benefiting employers rather than staff - report

Employers rather than staff are capturing most of the productivity benefits from the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.

Business • 08 Sep

Around 100 jobs at risk at Daktronics in Co Clare

Around 100 jobs have been placed at risk at Daktronics in Ennistymon, Co Clare, as the US multinational begins a collective redundancy consultation.

Munster • 04 Sep

Volkswagen flags 50,000 more job cuts across car group

Volkswagen shares hit an 11-week high after the supervisory board of Europe's largest automaker last night struck an ambitious turnaround agreement that put the focus on sweeping job cuts and averted a clash between major stakeholders.

Business • 04 Sep

A group of people hold signs on a picket line outside a school

Fórsa to ballot school secretaries and caretakers

School secretaries and caretakers, who are members of the Fórsa trade union, are to be balloted on proposals on pay, pensions and leave entitlements.

Business • 03 Sep

Signage outside Uber headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. Uber Technologies Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on August 5. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Uber plans 10% workforce cut to trim management layers

Uber Technologies will lay off about 3,300 employees, or 10% of staff, in its largest cuts since the Covid-19 pandemic, to better navigate the rise of robotaxis encroaching on its lift-hailing business.

Business • 02 Sep

The Labour Court has found in favour of a complaint by a business man alleging whistleblower penalisation under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

Ousted restaurant group boss wins €75,000 over sacking

A businessman ousted after objecting to the decisions of his new bosses after the Dublin restaurant group he established was rescued from examinership has won €75,000 for unfair dismissal after a five-year legal battle.

Business • 02 Sep

Call for Govt to honour promise to cut childcare costs

The National Women's Council is calling for the Government to honour its promise of reducing the price of childcare for families to €200 per child per month in the upcoming Budget.

Ireland • 01 Sep

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Central Bank to spend €600,000 on digital coaching course

The Central Bank is to spend up to €600,000 on a new digital leadership coaching course for its executives - and has warned that the course must be delivered by humans - not AI.

Business • 01 Sep

Public sector strikes 'completely unnecessary' - Chambers

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said that that any form of strike action in the public sector is completely unnecessary.

Ireland • 01 Sep

Cafe staff work together by mopping floors and dusting furniture

Youth employment didn't fully recover from crash - report

Youth unemployment has reduced significantly since the financial crash, but the number of young people in employment has never fully recovered, according to a new report.

Business • 01 Sep

The PayPal Centre at Ballycoolin Business Park in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Fears for 160 jobs at PayPal's Irish operation

There are fears for around 160 jobs at the Irish operation of payments firm PayPal.

Business • 01 Sep

SIPTU Labor Union sign on the office building, Eden Quay, Dublin, Ireland, October 24th 2024

SIPTU votes for public-sector strike action over pay

SIPTU members in the public sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action.

Ireland • 31 Aug

ASTI to ballot teachers on industrial action over pay

ASTI is to ballot its members on industrial action, up to and including strike action in a row over public sector pay.

Ireland • 31 Aug

Exterior view of Oberstown detention centre

Fórsa members vote in favour of Oberstown agreement

Members of the Fórsa trade union at the Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Dublin are to pause industrial action after voting to accept proposals to resolve a dispute over staffing levels.

Ireland • 29 Aug

Deliveroo's Italian arm to pay workers 40% more

The Italian arm of food delivery platform Deliveroo said today it would hike the pay for ⁠its workers by 40%, months after Milan prosecutors placed it under court administration for alleged labour exploitation.

Business • 28 Aug

Bus Éireann worker awarded €40,000 for 'penalisation'

A Bus Éireann employee blocked from seeking medical retirement because he was taking a personal injuries case, claiming he was injured by decades of using power tools on the job, has been awarded €40,000 for penalisation.

Business • 28 Aug

Mater to pay €10,000 to worker who was wrongly accused

A healthcare assistant who said he was wrongly linked to a hospital patient's allegations about being "interfered with" by a worker without a "scintilla of evidence" has secured €10,000 for racial discrimination.

Business • 27 Aug

Unite warns of a 'winter of strikes' in the public sector

The Unite trade union has said that its members in the public sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action if the Government fails to make a meaningful offer on pay.

Ireland • 27 Aug

IT manager says ex-worker not meant to have documents

Senior manager at IT firm says ex-employee not meant to have internal documents shown to tribunal A senior manager at a major Indian IT firm has denied his company "lied" to a client about the position a former Irish employee would hold on a project team.

Business • 27 Aug

Internal RTÉ analysis shows 'challenges' with exit scheme

A voluntary exit programme in RTÉ failed to deliver the scale of departures needed by the broadcaster to meet plans for staff cuts, according to an internal analysis.

Business • 26 Aug

19/02/2021TUI (Teachers Union of Ireland) offices on Orwell Road Dublin.Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

TUI to ballot teachers for industrial action

The Teachers' Union of Ireland is to ballot members for industrial action in a dispute over pay.

Ireland • 26 Aug

Average weekly earnings up 3.9% in second quarter - CSO

Preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office show that average earnings here continue to increase with average weekly earnings in the second quarter of this year rising by 3.9% to €1,046.88 from €1,007.58 the same time last year.

Business • 25 Aug

Recruitment drive by EasyJet targets over-50s

Airline EasyJet has launched a new recruitment drive, aiming to hire more older workers as cabin crew.

Business • 25 Aug