Employment Rights
Seanad Éireann — 2021-02-26
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Mary Seery Kearney (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I have been in many cases in the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Labour Court. The difficulty is that one can satisfy the criteria of being self-employed while, in fact, be working unlawfully. There is a problem in the model that we have. With due respect, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment needs to address the fact that the gig economy works very differently and Deliveroo is relying on our current criteria for self-employment in order to facilitate the avoidance of rights.

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Sitting date: 2021-02-26