Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 48:

In page 48, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Safeguarding employees

58.In addition to existing provisions in enactments to safeguard workers from penalisation and victimisation, an employer or any person acting on behalf of an employer shall not penalise an employee for seeking to exercise or having exercised any entitlement under employment legislation including availing or cooperating with the Workplace Relations Commission.”.

This amendment might be useful to backbench Fine Gael and Labour Party Deputies. Workers are often afraid to raise their heads above the parapet, particularly during periods of high unemployment-----

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