Five shifts one week, zero the next: What rights do insecure workers have in Ireland?

Five shifts one week, zero the next: What rights do insecure workers have in Ireland?

Five shifts one week, zero the next: What rights do insecure workers have in Ireland?

  • April 6th, 2016
  • Jason O'Sullivan

NEW ZEALAND HAS made headlines in recent weeks for passing new legislation to ban zero-hour contracts, a move heralded as the first of its kind in the developed world. Campaigners have long called for the practice to be abolished, saying such contracts exploit workers, but are we likely to see a change in legislation here? writes Jason O’ Sullivan, Solicitor and Public Affairs Consultant at J.O.S Solicitors.