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THERE’S BEEN A significant demand for insurance sector professionals as a result of the recent spate of bad weather, according to new data from recruitment consultants Morgan McKinley.
According the firm’s monthly employment monitor, there was an increase of 50 per cent in job opportunities for insurance and claims specialists last month.
“We noticed a particular spike in the number of people requiring assistance to process claims,” Morgan McKinley Operations Officer Karen O’Flaherty told TheJournal.ie.
O’Flaherty said there had also been a boost in activity in construction employment as a result of the storms, as professional contractors take on new staff to carry out repair and reconstruction works.
Elsewhere, the company’s figures showed a 4 per cent increase in the number of overall professional job opportunities last month, when compared to the same month last year. However, the results showed a 10 per cent decrease in the number of new opportunities in the sector between January and February.
In terms of professional job seekers entering the market, there was a month-on-month decrease of 12 per cent from 8,430 in January to 7,450 in February. There was also a fall of 24 per cent recorded in the number of professionals seeking new career opportunities compared to the same month last year.
O’Flaherty said there were also skills shortages evident in the IT sector, specifically within DevOps, IOS, Android and IT security and mobile. Professionals with environmental health and safety knowledge specifically are in demand within the science and R&D sector.
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If you are being threatened in the workplace or any other place, report them to gardai, if you get the lack of evidence reply, write up a civil proceedings charge.
Predator behaviour needs to be held accountable.
Their past history catches up, remember that warning
@Dean: The WRC won’t use voice recordings but yet will listen to them, tell the bullies that they were caught on the recordings and tell the victim how awful your experience was even in writing but yet they won’t use them. While the Gardaí would, I think. What use is the WRC when getting the Gardaí would mean less hassle in most cases?
@Dean: I suppose the best way is to report them to the Gardaí first and if there is a case then sue them in the case with emotional distress?
Improvements needed in paperwork in WRC – lost submissions and correspondence and incorrect recording and huge delays in judgements. Also system of applying for adjournments deeply flawed and one sided. Awards when they are made are reducing so for the few who manage to take a case and win, it is not worth it much of the time. Lots of legislation to protect workers but no legal aid to assist and as costs are not awarded in statutory employment cases have to pay your own costs even if you win. Makes taking a case impossible for most. Much of the trade union assistance is not up to standard.
Good.
Everyone should feel respected and secure in the workplace.
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