Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A lot of this is already in force in the workplace in companies. We do not believe it is necessary. On the legislation we are proposing, we are saying that if one wants to protect employees in their employment, that on the first day when they get a job, the employer has to provide five pieces of vital information which covers what the Sinn Féin Bill wants to put into the roster. These include the name and address of the company, because one might be working for someone else they do not know about, the length of time they will be working, whether the contract is permanent or temporary and the hours they are working. The employee will have all this information in the first five days of commencing employment with the company.