Public servants set to work fewer hours under new recommendation

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  1. Everyone should be working reduced hours, but this isn’t a reduction in hours and instead a restoration of the previous arrangement.

  2. “The Department of Public Expenditure previously estimated that the cost of removing the hours would be €645m a year, equal to over 10,000 extra full-time workers.”

    Does that mean they’re creating 10,000 job?

  3. I’m all for better work life balance but many public services are plagued with massive delays. It took us 3 months to get a birth certificate for our baby and we’re still waiting for her passport 3 months after that. Apparently, it’s taken some new borns up to 6 months to get their passport. I’ve heard of similar stories in the inis department for immigration registration. It looks like there’s a massive shortage of resources, probably not the most appropriate time to cut down on working hours.

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