Department examines bogus self-employment in media, journalism, and airline sector 

John McKeon, the secretary general of the Department of Social Protection, told the  Public Accounts Committee that anyone historically condemned to bogus self-employment status would not necessarily be in a position to claim retrospective compensation for the benefits they had missed out on. File photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Department of Social Protection is investigating the prevalence of bogus self-employment in “media and journalism, and also the airline sector”.

The head of the department also said that a landmark Supreme Court judgement in terms of bogus self employment “does not necessarily transfer” into a reclassification of workers’ status.