Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

He said:

[T]he proper work of the labour inspectorate in ensuring that employers in low-pay sectors of the economy comply with the state’s most basic employment rights legislation is being deliberately undermined by a management that sees its [primary] function as facilitating some employers in circumventing the very legislation they are supposed to be enforcing thereby leaving vulnerable workers at the mercy of unscrupulous employers.

This is something to which the Government has not responded properly. The individual in question has made two protected disclosures at this point.

We need more inspectors. That is the bottom line. We also need a thorough shake-up of the entire industrial relations system. The development that will make the greatest difference to workers' rights is the growth of fighting trade unions that will represent and fight for their members' rights. Ultimately, the right to join and be represented by a union of one's choice is the only real safeguard on which workers can rely.

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