Ms Marguerite Bolger:

As an association we would certainly urge the committee to try to avoid where possible further legislation. If the committee went ahead and introduced the Bill and tried to achieve exactly what it is talking about, which in itself is a good thing, one would then end up with section 17 in relation to the 24 hour notification obligation and the section in the banded contract hours Bill which has a different obligation. That is only going to cause confusion, an administrative nightmare for employers and a lack of clear information for employees, which is never going to be a good thing on either side.