Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Smith's proposal is constructive and deals with the situation. At interview the broad terms and obligations of the employment contract are set out. Prospective employees leave such an interview knowing the nature of the job, the wage rate and everything else associated with it. Surely it is not too big a burden on anybody to be in a position to be able to hand the employee the conditions and terms produced in writing on the morning they arrive for their job. That is simple and it is not an imposition on anybody. Even little grocery shops have to have things up now. They only get 24 hours and they have to have them up. The National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, and other bodies are imposing such obligations even on small employers. Some of those small employers have a section of their company devoted full time to human resources. A lot of this is kind of thing is automatic. Employees should have full knowledge of what they are entering into on the morning they arrive.