Covid-19 has exposed the deficits in our income-support system, writes Michael Taft. “We don’t have to wait for the emergency to end to start discussing a new dispensation.”
A new law that took effect in March was meant to restrict zero-hour contracts, but some English-language teachers in Dublin say the schools where they teach are bending some of the rules.
There was low turnout to this month’s council meeting at City Hall, but the councillors who turned up talked about making Dublin dementia-friendly, tackling bogus self-employment, and more.
Some are concerned that many workers on building sites are falsely being classed as self-employed to keep costs down. It means they’ll miss out on supports if they lose their jobs.
While he was lord mayor of Dublin last year, Labour’s Brendan Carr announced a scheme to promote businesses who paid the living wage by awarding them with a plaque.
