Why we must have this performative strike by public sector workers
Game theory wonks will be fascinated by this week’s industrial action while the rest of us will just be angry
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Childcare fees and the budget, and Patrick O’Donovan’s row with RTÉ
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What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind: An optimistic book about AI
Susskind leans heavily on the analogy of the calculator as a disruptor to maths education
AIB chief Colin Hunt eyes shares worth 100% of salary as bank expected to raise targets
Bank set up new share awards plan to get around continuing limit on bonuses
‘AI Minister’ Niamh Smyth: ‘I’d have a very different view than President Trump’
Minister says she is ‘cautiously optimistic’ and excited by AI - but also has concerns over its impact on Irish labour market
Galway bar manager dismissed just 11 days after miscarriage awarded €25,000
HR manager allegedly said miscarriage meant worker would ‘only want a baby more’
Recording supports claim employee pressured to omit Deloitte partner name from HR complaint, WRC told
Complaint of constructive dismissal against the Big Four accountancy firm is being heard at the WRC
Will AI kill our rosy jobs growth forecasts?
Department of Finance draws attention ‘to risks to employment prospects from AI over the medium-term’
‘AI should give us more room for the human’: What can we learn from the office superusers?
Leaders who have gone all-in on new tech tools describe how they are reimagining their working lives
‘I panicked during an interview and said I have a qualification I don’t have. I got the job’
Tell Me About It: ‘There is a woman in my team I would really like to ask out but what if she finds out that I am a fraud?’
Don’t be a ‘permissive parent’, warns an expert with decades of experience helping families
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Private-sector workers could see ‘small’ benefit from public sector wage increase
Work Q&A: Minimum wage rises can also have ‘modest’ effect on low-income workers
Pilita Clark: Dear all ... how bosses should talk to the troops
What matters most is understanding priorities and conveying them as thoughtfully as possible
Should I start a message with ‘I hope you’re well’? If not well, should I say so?
Suppose I’m in the depths of existential dejection; are you really ready for me to offload my feelings on you?
Will AI really kill most desk jobs ‘within the next 12 to 18 months’?
Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people’s jobs entail
Let migrants upskill, improve their lot and contribute to society
Those coming to our shores should not be seen as a budgetary burden
Teachers have no choice but to take industrial action over pay
Government must return to negotiating table with an offer ‘that reflects reality’
‘There is certainly pressure on people to stay relevant in this economy’
Hireovate founder Declan Fitzgerald on how AI is changing the game for recruitment
The ‘work wife’: Without her, the team would fall apart, so why isn’t she promoted?
‘People-focused’ activities help colleagues and team cohesion, but are unlikely to lead to promotion
Work Q&A: How do big retailers handle employee theft and how common is it?
Work Q&A: Retailers often adopt a zero-tolerance approach, which can see employees dismissed should they take home items of little value
Almost 50,000 more digital specialists needed by 2030, agency says
Expert group calls for more education and training and greater collaboration with business
Use of AI on the rise in workplaces, says PwC
Skills divide emerging between those adapting to new tech and those who are not
Man whose wife had affair and left home loses Revenue appeal on joint assessment
Tax Appeals Commission acknowledges difficult personal situation buy says appeal must fail in law
School book salesman wins €60k over no-warning redundancy from job of 10 years
Termination notified by email to man in his sick bed as company battled losses under free school books scheme
House price growth slows again, and a profile of the Fallon brothers
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Rules of AI etiquette: be upfront, check accuracy, and don’t burden people with ‘workslop’
Just because a bot can do something for you doesn’t mean it should
‘I booked a one-way ticket to America with no idea when I was coming home’
Having arrived on a soccer scholarship, Dubliner Tony Reilly built a successful life in Ohio, on the back of an 18-month visa secured with the help of Republican Senator Bob Dole
Aer Lingus to offer up to €180,000 redundancy to office staff
Deal includes five weeks’ pay for every year worked, unions insist on voluntary departures
Accenture’s Irish profits and BNY buys its Dublin HQ
Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Juggling work and children: why the childcare burden must be eased
Budget is chance to help parents struggling with high creche bills and depleted incomes
Should the minimum wage be raised again?
Businesses are pushing back on the possibility of another hike in the minimum wage in the budget
From quiet quitting to iced coffee: What is Gen Z’s problem with work?
Might their aversion to work and their self-reported misery be related?
The questions you should ask before accepting a job
Culture can make or break your work experience so try to learn the reality behind the hard sell
Being a working mother is a horror show at times. The stress can be crippling
I am just one of the more than 1.3 million women in employment in Ireland. For working mothers, the stress can be crippling
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