Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019

Ms Fiona Ward:

At the back of every employment permit is a summary of the principal employment rights for every employee in the country. We are currently issuing e-type permits and in addition to the decision letter, we issue a summary of employment rights for the employment permit. As I said, the employment permit goes to the permit holder. It does not go to the employer who just gets a copy of it. The contact details of the WRC are on the permit and when permit holders visit the WRC website the information is available in 11 different languages. We make sure they have the right-----

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