5th December 2004, 10:23 PM
As I understand it, if you are employed by a unit (regardless of whether you have an actual contract or not) they cant lay you off over christmas. Not sure about self employed though - i guess that wouldnt be covered. Still waiting for some kind of official confirmation about the legal side of things though.
As far as Irish companies go, when I was working there it seemed that noone ever saw a contract. If you work for an Irish company for more than two weeks full time, you are counted as a permanent employee, and under Irish labour law have all the statutory rights afforded to other workers. I heard this from a friend studying in Dublin, and as far as I know its true! Also... Remember that the Irish governmnet give you a 150 Euro tax credit for working outdoors!! Much fabaled but it does exist.
Thanks for your replies about xmas lay offs, we might be onto something!
As far as Irish companies go, when I was working there it seemed that noone ever saw a contract. If you work for an Irish company for more than two weeks full time, you are counted as a permanent employee, and under Irish labour law have all the statutory rights afforded to other workers. I heard this from a friend studying in Dublin, and as far as I know its true! Also... Remember that the Irish governmnet give you a 150 Euro tax credit for working outdoors!! Much fabaled but it does exist.
Thanks for your replies about xmas lay offs, we might be onto something!