‘Executive must legislate to end exploitation of workers’ – Murphy | News in Newry
Sinn Féin Councillor Declan Murphy has said a new Executive must legislate to protect workers from exploitation.
The Slieve Gullion councillor and Sinn Féin’s local spokesperson on workers’ rights explains, “We need an Executive formed now to legislate to end bogus self-employment which has been used to deny workers their rights over pay, holidays and working hours.
“The latest example of exploitation was laid bare by reports revealing that a number of marketing companies were registering staff as self-employed to deny minimum wages, leaving some workers earning less than 80p an hour over three months.
“This treatment of workers is shameful.
“And I have written to Invest NI to get information on whether it had given business support to companies abusing workers in this way.
“Sinn Féin wants an end to bogus self-employment.
“And that is why we are developing legislation to protect workers from bogus self-employment practices.
“The DUP should end its boycott of the Executive so we can tackle this and ensure workers are guaranteed legal protections on pay, hours and leave entitlements.”
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on Dec 13 2022. Filed under Politics.
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