Sinn Féin: Ban zero hours contracts

Zero hours contracts need to be outlawed as a matter of urgency, Sinn Féin has warned.

The party’s Peadar Tóibín insisted the controversial work practice was adding to poverty levels. Mr Tóibín branded the Low Pay Commission “deficient” because it had not been charged with dealing with zero hours contracts.

“Zero hours contracts must come to an end. It is not by accident we have one of the highest levels of poverty in work in the EU. It is because the Government have allowed this to happen.