Dr. Juliet McMahon:

Reference is made to where it is a "genuinely casual" contract, and we have issues with that because that is not much of a change from the current reference to casual contracts in the Organisation of Working Time Act which serves to exclude anyone who is not an employee. That, therefore, excludes everyone currently on if-and-when contracts. If "genuinely casual" is inserted in the proposed legislation, that will leave the road open for a continuation of the same. It will be a case of plus ça changeand we are concerned about that.