NEWS

IN BRIEF

Short news updates from the early years sector and beyond.

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PAY SCALES SET

Early years providers in Ireland are now entitled to new minimum hourly rates of pay, giving 70% of staff in the sector a pay increase.


SOOTHING WALK

Holding a baby while walking is said to be the best method to soothe them, according to researchers at the RIKEN Centre in Japan.


ANTI-OBESITY REVIEW

The government is reportedly reconsidering its anti-obesity strategy, including the sugar tax and advertising restrictions, in the light of the cost-of-living crisis.