Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This arose at a meeting with IBEC recently. There are no circumstances in which it would suit an employee to not know how many hours they will get in the following week. Employees want to know. Even if it is only five hours, they want to know that it is five hours so they can plan for child care or to do other work. I can think of no circumstance, and if the witness can think of one he should suggest it, where an employee would want a situation where he or she does not know how many hours they will work the following week.