Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed)
4:00 pm
Dr. Desmond Ryan:
Concerns about the potential constitutionality or long-term sustainability of this Bill, albeit that they have pointed to specific issues which could also match employers interests and concerns are not necessarily reflective of any particular stance in favour of employers. For example, from the point of view of the individual employee, the vulnerable worker being protected by a legislative measure, the concern is that if that legislative measure is itself struck down then the vulnerable worker will lose that protection.