Precarious Employment

Conference condemns unscrupulous employers who engage in practices such as unpaid hours, zero hour contracts, agency work and bogus self-employment. These practices are not only a threat to the livelihood of workers but also to compliant employers. Any employer found to have forced workers in to bogus self-employment should be: Fined for engaging in the practice, the ne being a multiple of tax and PRSI forgone Barred from the public sector projects tender list Barred from holding a directorship in any company Conference calls for ICTU to work with all trade unions, compliant employers and any other like- minded bodies to stamp out the scourge of bogus self-employment & all other forms of precarious employment.