Committee to hear bid to upgrade status for gig-economy workers ‘torpedoed’

Last month, on St Valentine’s Day, workers across several food delivery platforms withdrew their services on one of the busiest nights of the year for the hospitality sector in protest at pay and working conditions. File picture: Larry Cummins

Workers in the gig economy will “continue to be forced into bogus self-employment" after some countries “torpedoed” the chance for a breakthrough at European level to protect their rights, an Oireachtas committee will hear on Wednesday.

Furthermore, there are still some cases where platform workers in Ireland aren’t allowed access to toilets in restaurants which “clearly violates workers’ right to dignity”, a trade union will tell TDs and Senators.