RTÉ to 'do what it can' for those who should have been full-time employees

Workers are now wondering what compensation they could or should receive from the broadcaster relating to years of unpaid pension contributions and other worker entitlements denied to self-employed contractors.

RTÉ says it will “do what it can” for employees who worked as bogus self-employed contractors before being informed they should have been full-time employees all along.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster said that RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst “is on record as saying that RTÉ will do what it can to address issues relating to individuals contracted by RTÉ and who should have been given employee status”.