Motion no: 12
Conference acknowledges the work of the Executive Council on the issue of bogus self- employment. This work practice has been bought to the fore in the media and has brought an awareness of the issue to the public in general. This precarious work practice affects all workers throughout all sectors and it denies funding to much needed sectors such as Education Health and Local Authorities.
Plasterers and other craft workers have suffered at the hands of greedy unscrupulous employers in the construction sector as have their families when being forced to take work on a self- employed basis only.
Recently it was identified that the State is at a loss of up to €240million per year through the Revenue Commissioners facilitated system. Workers in the construction sector are losing out on legal minimums through a number of Sectoral Employment Orders whereby they are entitled to an occupational pension and sick pay. The State is at a further loss in tax on these provisions as employers refuse to comply with the law.
Conference calls upon the Executive Council to continue to highlight and lobby Government to abolish this precarious work practice.
