Are you looking for a job and having difficulty in finding it? Don’t give up hope! Do you know that someone can help you? Here below you can find a few useful suggestions about organizations that can help you in the difficult work to get a job.
Read more ...You know a few languages: who needs you?
The need for the personnel who can speak, read, write and network in English and one/few more other languages is critical in today’s labour market, the ability to communicate quickly and effectively is paramount for success, whatever you do. The internet, email and digital telecommunication have led to a huge explosion of business and communications opportunities world-wide. Let’s investigate who needs you in the local area if you know two/three languages.
Read more ...It's hard to imagine that until recently Ireland suffered from very high levels of unemployment. One in three school leavers in the 1950s emigrated, mostly for Britain and the USA. The 1970s saw some growth and prosperity but for much of the 1980s almost one in five workers were jobless.
Read more ...A ferry company was shamed recently when it was discovered that they were paying a foreign employee slave wages and were requiring her to work too many hours without the necessary breaks. Although most people were shocked, they thought that this was surely an unusual situation. Last week, however, The Irish Examiner revealed that Polish workers are having very similar problems, in that they are being paid well below the minimum wage. What once seemed like A single horrible employer, now seems like a worryingly larger group of employers who are willing to break the law and pay foreign workers less money than they deserve.
Read more ...To work or not to work in call centre? This question you probably ask yourself after all you read. Let’s see, there are some points for you to make your final decision.
After months of reading multiple job listings in job recruitment web sites, the FAS offices and on local newspapers I felt the necessity to investigate more about this industry called simply as: Call Centres.
Read more ...Working Time Rights and Holidays: On average an employer should not expect you to work for more than 48 hours per week (usually averaged over 4 months). You are entitled to at least 11 consecutive hours rest (breaks) per 24-hour period and at least one 24-hour rest per week. Employees who work on Sundays have a right to be compensated by extra pay or time in lieu (i.e. paid time off at a later date).
Employees are entitled to at least 20 days holiday (or annual leave) every year plus 9 public holidays. Where employees are required to work on public holidays, they should receive either an extra off or an extra day’s pay. Part-time workers are also entitled to holidays – the number of days depends on the number of hours they work.
Protection Against Discrimination
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