Organisation of Working Time (Workers' Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The measure would update working-time rules to tackle bogus self-employment, where someone is labelled self-employed even though they really work like an employee. It would also bring Gardaí, the Defence Forces, doctors in training, and some people doing sea work under the same protections, while giving self-employed people some basic rest and holiday rights. It matters because it could reduce exploitation, improve fair treatment at work, and make it harder for employers to avoid employee obligations by using the wrong contract.

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 14 November 2024