Crackdown as number of bosses failing to pay PRSI doubles

WELFARE inspectors are to crack down on penny-pinching bosses after discovering a significant increase in employers failing to pay social insurance on behalf of their workers.

In 2009 11% of employers visited by welfare officials were not compliant with their PRSI commitments.

Secretary general of the Department of Social and Family Affairs Bernadette Lacey said 740 inspections carried out in 2009 had revealed the non-compliance rate had more than doubled.