Self-employment

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p> Niall Cody said a 1997 decision by Revenue, which deemed all couriers to be self-employed in the interests of “uniformity” and which still stands today, had been made in order “to ensure that motorcycle couriers were brought into the tax net”. Photo: Collins</p>

news

Revenue Commissioners 'has no responsibility' for bogus self-employment

Also, a report has said that the JobPath model of jobseekers assistance has “not delivered value for money”.

<p>The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Brian Stanley, heard views on how to deal with bogus self-employment. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

politics

Bogus self-employment could be 'solved overnight', PAC hears

Stop using test cases to determine a worker’s status, says activist Martin McMahon

<p dir="ltr">Sinn Féin TD and chair of the Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley. The committee will be told that thousands of workers are being 'deliberately misclassified' by the State as self-employed.</p>

news

Thousands of workers 'deliberately misclassified' as self-employed

Activist Martin McMahon will tell the Public Accounts Committee that 'illegal' aid in the form of PRSI exemption costs the State up to €1bn a year in lost PRSI contributions

comment-analysis

Michael Clifford: UK court rulings give hope to precarious workers – it's time we follow suit

news

Couriers treated as self-employed due to precedent set in mid-1990s, Pac hears

File Photo PEOPLE ARE BEING warned to be alert against a phishing scam involving fraudulent emails and texts

economy

Revenue Commissioners unable to say how much bogus self-employment costs exchequer

Campaign fails to hail true worth of self-employed

You would think it would be obvious, whether a person is an employee or self-employed. So why should the employment minister be running a campaign to raise awareness about false self-employment in Ireland?

Mon, 14 May, 2018

Workers are not sole traders: Let’s put rights before revenue

The Government is to launch a public awareness campaign on bogus self-employment, amid concerns about the rise in employees deprived of entitlements by being forced to work as sole traders.

Tue, 08 May, 2018