Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2020-07-30
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Pat Casey (FF), Labour Panel

As an employer in one of the sectors that has been referred to, I can understand the sentiment being expressed. However, we are in a crisis and we need to respond to that crisis very quickly. Trying to enter into collective bargaining before one would qualify for the wage subsidy scheme could put businesses at risk. It is not by our choice that people in my industry offer part-time and short-term working conditions. That is the way the industry is. We simply cannot afford to have full-time workers on a permanent basis because the business is not there. It is wrong to say that workers have no rights in the workplace.

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