[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fireland-hospital-consultants-reach-vague-and-incomplete-deal-september-17-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},19103,"ireland-hospital-consultants-reach-vague-and-incomplete-deal-september-17-2012","Ireland -Hospital consultants reach vague and incomplete deal -September 17, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fireland-hospital-consultants-reach-vague-and-incomplete-deal-september-17-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:48:38.670097+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F19103\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fireland-hospital-consultants-reach-vague-and-incomplete-deal-september-17-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:25.593858+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Hospital consultants and the Health Service Executive (HSE) have announced that a deal has been made regarding new pay and working conditions. However, much remains unclear. As reported in last month’s newsletter, the consultants and the HSE were in conflict over a lower entry pay, more flexible scheduling and the elimination of the so-called historic leave, under which several hundred consultants are entitled to a final year off as a compensation for past overtime. Scheduling issues have been solved as a part of the agreement, allowing consultants to be scheduled in any five of seven days during night or day, rather than from Monday to Friday. The historic leave will be referred to the labour court for non-binding adjudication and the issues of rest days and second opinion fees for binding adjudication. Whilst no agreement was found on lower entry rates for new consultants, the HSE has announced it will unilaterally press ahead with the measure, lowering annual salaries by about €50,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.rte.ie\u002Fnews\u002F2012\u002F0917\u002Fconsultant-hse-talks.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.rte.ie\u002Fnews\u002F2012\u002F0917\u002Fconsultant-hse-talks.html\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2012\u002F0917\u002Fbreaking2.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2012\u002F0917\u002Fbreaking2.html\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous issues of the \u003Ci>Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fi> please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. All rights reserved.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]