Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The review will be quick, but most importantly it will be thorough. We are dealing with legislation that was described as groundbreaking by Mandate when it was introduced. We owe it the duty of care to make sure there is a thorough review that addresses real, statistical issues. The report is very welcome and there is a lot of interesting data in it, but it must also be looked at in the round. It states that 60% of workers do not actually want extra hours, and of the 40% who do, only 20% are denied those hours by their manager. This means that only 8% of those surveyed were declined these hours by a manager.

Statistics from the WRC do not show that there is a huge issue with the banded hours, but we do need to review the legislation and we will do that in good spirit, taking on board the report and taking on board the comments the Deputy has made this morning, as well as those of employer groups who meet us through various fora, such as the Retail Forum etc.

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