Organisation of Working Time (Workers Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

A person working through a contract that is really a job, rather than genuine self-employment, could be treated as an employee for working-time rights, and employers could face penalties for using false self-employment arrangements. The measure would also bring Gardaí, Defence Forces members, sea fishers, and trainee doctors within the working-time rules, while giving self-employed people some basic rest and holiday rights. It aims to stop employers undercutting standards by misclassifying workers and to widen protections where current rules leave gaps.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to prohibit the practice of designating employment as self-employment; to bring the Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, and doctors in training, under the protection of the Act; to limit the race to the bottom on workers rights by extending elements of the Act to the self-employed; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 25 February 2021