Trade unions have won a €363 annual payment for civil servants who work at home in their latest collective agreement. It is the first time that a specific payment for home working has been included in a statutory pay deal. The FNV trade union federation said at the time it planned to make a home working payment part of the coming pay round. The new civil service pay deal also includes a 0.7% pay rise, on top of the 2% increase earlier this year, a €225 one-off bonus and bike lease scheme.
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