First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Withdrawn The bill’s status — click for what it means 32nd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 40/2019 Official bill number / year
Organisation of Working Time (Workers Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Sponsor
- Maurice Quinlivan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 13 Jun 2019
- Last updated
- 25 Feb 2021
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Makes it an offence for employers to misclassify employees as self-employed when the actual working relationship indicates an employment contract.
- Extends Organisation of Working Time Act protections to Garda members, Defence Forces personnel, sea workers, and trainee doctors.
- Grants self-employed workers rights to daily rest, weekly rest, maximum working hours, annual leave, and public holiday pay to reduce bogus self-employment incentives.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 32nd Dáil13 Jun 2019
Debates
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