RTE has been accused of behaving like a "rogue employer" after failing to commit to paying benefits to staff who missed out because they were wrongly classified as freelance workers.
A 2018 report by law firm Eversheds Sutherland, commissioned by RTE, found that up to 157 of their employees may have been wrongly classified as self-employed, missing out on a range of benefits as a result. "We're not at the end, but we have started the discussion. So it's really something that will will be addressed as we go further down this process" she said.
"What that is, I cannot say at this moment. You know, we're engaging with all the parties transparently and openly."But to the actual subject and to the detail within that I can't speak to it." "Would you accept that there's a perception there because of that, that RTE would be perceived by a vast amount of people, the public in general, as rogue employers?"Ms Munster said if the broadcaster was dealing with legacy issues, there would be an expectation that "you would want to put right the mistakes made."
"Will the people who decided that this was the employment status that was going to be offered to them, without understanding that this was really bogus self employment, is there going to be accountability on this?"
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