Department probes claims of bogus self-employment of pilots at Ryanair
IALPA dossier calls on officials to deal with status of Ryanair’s contractor pilots
The Department of Employment Affairs is investigating a complaint by a Ryanair pilot about alleged bogus self-employment at the airline.
Just 34 per cent of Ryanair pilots are on permanent contracts, with the rest either self-employed or sub-contracted from another company or a temporary work agency.
The department’s assistant secretary, Patricia Murphy, confirmed to an Oireachtas committee last week that its Scope section – which looks into allegations of bogus self-employment – is ...