Last week a company trading as Mr. Binman were fined €40,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation concerning the death of one of it’s employees. This week Mr. Binman advertised on JobBridge for a Health and Safety Officer Intern. Yes someone dies, they admit breaches of legislation and are spared a large fine to […]
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The Department of Social Protection have announced that the Government today agreed €65 million in savings in the areas of fuel, telephone, gas and electricity allowances. By savings they mean mainly cuts. The payments are made to many older people, carers and people with disabilities. Lone parents and those on unemployment payments are also in […]
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Following up on the development of JobBridge an interesting find sent in by a reader. Uniphar advertised on Jobs.ie for a Warehouse Supervisor last week. A few days later an advert for a Warehouse Supervisor appeared on JobBridge.ie – exact same job, no pay and no contribution to the wages from Uniphar. The farce […]
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Today was JobBridge day. The National Internship Scheme announced as part of the Jobs Initiative was launched by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton and An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The new programme is not dissimilar to the Work Placement Programme which I commented on last month, apart from the extra €50 payment to interns. Even […]
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Following up on the Tús post I’ve been having a look at the companies who use the Work Placement Programme and the posts being suggested. My attention had been drawn to a post created by TESCO for a town planner (h/t Allan Cavanagh) and approved by FAS for a graduate work placement. The money for […]