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16/10/2013
LRC To Present Doctors Working Hours Proposals
New proposals over the working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors are expected to be presented to the Health Service Executive and Irish Medical Organisation today.
Talks between the the HSE and IMO have so far failed to reach an agreement on all issues but the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) is now expected to present their proposals in an effort to end the dispute.
The HSE maintain that, from January, no doctor will work a shift longer than 24 hours with all hospitals being compliant with European Working Time limits of a 48-hour working week by the end of 2014.
The IMO has also called for financial sanctions to be imposed when doctors are forced to work excessive hours, a move that the HSE has said should be unnecessary.
(MH/JP)
Talks between the the HSE and IMO have so far failed to reach an agreement on all issues but the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) is now expected to present their proposals in an effort to end the dispute.
The HSE maintain that, from January, no doctor will work a shift longer than 24 hours with all hospitals being compliant with European Working Time limits of a 48-hour working week by the end of 2014.
The IMO has also called for financial sanctions to be imposed when doctors are forced to work excessive hours, a move that the HSE has said should be unnecessary.
(MH/JP)
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