Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Dr. Alicja Bobek:

It is the labour market. Who is ruling it? In the boom it was ruled by the employees. Because there was such a demand, employers were willing to offer employees flexibility to keep them on, but now they will tell an employee that there are ten others waiting outside the door to work his or her shift.