There are a number of categories of workers who are excluded from the above entitlements. These include some rail, sea, air and road transport workers, offshore workers, police and emergency services ...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no reason why a rest break should be uninterrupted in certain industries, overruling a previous decision in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. A rail signal ...

An emergency department consultant was paid €757,000 by the HSE last year, including over €500,000 in historical compensation for working on rest days in previous years, according to a Health Service ...

New restrictions on rest days for hundreds of consultants working in public hospitals will come into effect from tomorrow as part of a binding Labour Court recommendation under the Croke Park ...

The HSE paid a single consultant €522,000 more than their base salary in ‘compensatory rest’ payments in 2021, an internal report has found. The same consultant, an emergency medicine consultant, was ...