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

I wish to raise the disgraceful behaviour of Workhuman, a major so-called tech unicorn with a turnover of $1 billion per year. Last year, it issued $90 million in dividends to investors, partners and board directors yet - perhaps ironically given its name - it is treating its workers in a very inhumane manner. It is attempting to lay off 60 of its 600 staff employed in Ireland and is offering a relatively meagre redundancy package of three months pay and then only two weeks per year of service, which is below what is being offered at other tech companies. The company has even refused to contribute €250 per employee for the legal fees incurred by staff as part of the process. Perhaps worst of all, the company appears to be in breach of the Protection of Employment Act 1977, which says it is an offence for an employer to issue notice of redundancy to any employee during the 30-day period of consultation with employee representatives when it did precisely that.

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