Ms Patricia King:

Mr. Browne may wish to contribute because Unite, the union, has a fair number of people involved in this. My candid view is that employers are able to handle complex tasks, including management tasks, with workers who do not speak English as a first language. In the main, English is the language we use. Employers in accommodation and food outlets are able to manage staff and direct them to do what they want to be done, to ensure that everybody understand their instructions and that employees understand what is happening if they are being dismissed and so on. It is a fairly feeble position to try to argue that it would be a bit difficult to outline banded hours in Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian or whatever other language.