RTÉ refuses to make holiday and pension payment commitments to bogus self-employed

RTÉ director-general, Dee Forbes, denied that people might view RTÉ as a 'rogue employer'. File Picture: RollingNews.ie

RTÉ has declined to commit to paying the pension contributions, holiday pay and other entitlements in arrears of its employees which it misclassified as being freelance workers.

In a long-awaited appearance before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the broadcaster acknowledged that it has committed to pay the legacy PRSI contributions of both itself and its employees who had been subject to bogus self-employment contracts.