Postmasters 'baffled' by union's stance on their employment status

Postmasters the Irish Examiner spoke to regarding the opinion spoke of their “bafflement” at the fact the union had commissioned the advice. File picture

Postmasters have said they are "baffled" after their union said they remain self-employed contractors after the publication of a legal opinion.

The Irish Postmasters’ Union had commissioned the opinion from a Dublin-based solicitors’ firm stating that a key question arising from a Supreme Court ruling from last October regarding employment status does not apply to the situation of postmasters.