Nearly 90,000 workers still don't have guaranteed regular hours
'If and when' contracts proliferate in Irish workforce says new UL study launched by Ged Nash
Almost 85,000 employees, 5.3 per cent of the workforce, have constantly variable working hours and do not know their working hours from week to week, according to a new study launched by Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash.
The study was carried out by the University of Limerick’s Kemmy Business School, and found that while so-called ‘zero hour’ contracts are not extensively used in Ireland, there is evidence of "if and when” ...
