Ireland's postmasters in dispute with union over potential move to self-employed tax status

Postmasters argue they should not be considered as self-employed given they have no control over their hours, place of work or salary, and given they are not allowed to sub-contract their own employment. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The Irish Postmasters Union has said it was merely “examining options” in suggesting to postmasters they could move from paying the PRSI of full-time employees to that of self-employed contractors.

At a recent meeting, union officials had floated the idea of postmasters moving voluntarily from PRSI-A to PRSI-S to potentially save An Post in the region of €5m in social insurance costs.