The President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), Dr Peadar Gilligan, has warned that the IMO is moving towards taking industrial action in the New Year to resolve an ongoing dispute with the Government over pay discrimination for hospital consultants hired after 1st October 2012.
In a statement the IMO said that in 2012 the Government introduced a two-tier pay system for consultants in public hospitals. Consultants employed after the 1st October of that year are paid 30% less than colleagues employed before that date.
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