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Government forecasts much lower growth, a larger budget deficit and higher unemployment- 2012

Friday, 29 April 2011

The Government has revised its macroeconomic and fiscal projections.

IMF Paper proposes welfare reduction to ensure job creation in Ireland

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has published a study in which it recommends that the way to raise Ireland's employment so as to avoid the persistence of the current high unemployment rate is

Work for All: Why and How in a World of Rapid Change - paper by Sean Healy and Brigid Reynolds

Monday, 8 November 2010

There is one dominant framework or paradigm concerning work that is accepted in  most of the western world. This paradigm equates meaningful work with paid 

Ireland's unemployment continues to rise - major challenge for policy development

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

The seasonally adjusted number of people on the Live Register increased from 439,100 in May to 444,900 in June 2010, an increase of 5,800. According to the Central Statistic’s Office’s most recent

Is a 21-hour working week the answer to many current problems?

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

A new report from nef (the London-based New Economics Foundation) entitled 21 Hours proposes a much shorter ‘normal’ working week t

Unemployment up 1.8m in EU in past year. Now at 10% of labour force

Sunday, 7 February 2010

More than 23 million people in the EU were unemployed in May 2010 according to the latest statistics published by Eurostat equivalent to 10% of the labour force. Of these, 15.789 million were in th

Department of Finance publishes analysis of replacement rates for unemployed people

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Return to work patterns are often a function of more than financial rewards and  include such considerations as work availability, family commitments, travel to work 

OECD says Ireland’s short-term labour market outlook remains grim

Friday, 18 September 2009

Despite signs that the recession is slowing in Ireland as well as in many other countries, the short-term labour market outlook remains grim according to the OECD.

OECD warns 57 million people could be unemployed in better-off countries – calls for major Government action

Thursday, 17 September 2009

Unemployment in better-off countries could reach 10% of the labour force if the economic recovery fails to gain momentum according to the 

Work for All: Why and How in a World of Rapid Change 13 September 2001

Thursday, 18 June 2009

There is one dominant framework or paradigm concerning work that is accepted in most of the western world. This paradigm equates meaningful work with paid employment.