New Assembly must legislate to protect workers from exploitation

When established, the new Assembly must legislate to protect workers from exploitation.

Speaking to Derry Now, Pádraig Delargy MLA (Sinn Féin) said: "We need an Executive formed now to legislate to end bogus self-employment which has been used to deny workers their rights over pay, holidays and working hours.

“The latest example of exploitation was laid bare by reports revealing that a number of marketing companies were registering staff as self-employed to deny minimum wages, leaving some workers earning less than 80p an hour over three months.

“This treatment of workers is shameful and we have written to Invest NI to get information on whether it had given business support to companies abusing workers in this way. Sinn Féin wants an end to bogus self-employment and that is why we are developing legislation to protect workers from bogus self-employment practices.

“The DUP should end its boycott of the Executive so we can tackle this and ensure workers are guaranteed legal protections on pay, hours and leave entitlements."