Dunnes workers to seek revised contracts

More than 1,000 Dunnes Stores workers will apply for revised contracts when new employment legislation comes into effect next month.

Trade union Mandate said it would be making at least 1,300 requests for new contracts on behalf of its members who are on contracts that do not reflect their actual working hours.

Of these workers, the vast majority are employees of Dunnes Stores, with up to 50 per cent of its employees in ...