Tagged with: precariouswork
Digital platforms
Rory O'Farrell 03/05/2019
In the mid-2010s, British researchers surveyed the number of digital platform workers (such as workers using Uber, Deliveroo, or Amazon Turk) by simply asking people whether they earned money on a digital platform. However, they were surprised at the high numbers the results showed. After asking follow-up questions it emerged many had included …
Zero hours work
Michelle O'Sullivan 16/04/2019
There has much attention on zero hours work in Ireland in recent years. Former Labour Party Minister of State for Business and Employment Ged Nash …
Precarious work leads to precarious lives
Sinead Pembroke 24/01/2019
Precarious work precarious lives: how policy can create more security – a report recently published by FEPS-TASC – reveals that precarious work …
Living wage
Robert Sweeney 17/07/2018
LAST WEEK THE Living Wage Technical Group published an update of the living wage in Ireland. The living wage calculates the wage needed to live a …
Statistics don’t always tell the truth
Sinead Pembroke 08/05/2018
Today, statistics are major currencies in policy discussions and debates. They are used as weapons by government ministers, politicians and political …
Can anyone give me another word for precarious?
Keith Murdiff 20/03/2018
The history of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Ireland can be traced back to one of its most famous teachers- James Joyce. Despite the fact that …
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
Sinead Pembroke 12/12/2017
Just last week, the government announced that it was to introduce new legislation to deal with amongst other things, zero-hour contracts. This …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …