Government updates

The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe labelled Budget 2023 as a "cost of living budget", focused on helping individuals, families and businesses to deal with rising prices.

The government has published Healthy Ireland at Work: A National Framework for Healthy Workplaces in Ireland 2021-2025

As the country starts to come out of the pandemic, Minister Pascal Donohoe framed Budget 2022 as a new phase in Ireland’s development

The Government is continuing its plan 'Reframing the challenge, continuing our recovery and reconnecting' for reopening the economy and society

The government’s Roadmap to reopen the economy provides guidance on how various sectors of the economy can reopen in the coming months

In June 2021 the government published the Plan for Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency which sets out Government’s work to enhance protections and ensure transparency for employees in insolvency situations

The government’s COVID-19 national protocol for employers and workers, to keep the workforce protected

CIPD Ireland welcomes the government’s Remote Working Strategy

While some changes to sick pay were announced as part of Budget 2021, other changes and access to remote working are currently under consideration by the government

As the realisation sinks in that COVID-19 is with us for the long haul, our approach to its management, and sustaining employees and performance has to adapt.