The gross underpayment and mistreatment of the au pair worker has emerged in recent years as a significant issue in Irish society. The lack of affordable and accessible childcare is driving the demand for flexible and cheap labour, which has
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Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: MRCI Submission to Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
This Easter, after eleven and a half years, our treasured Director Siobhán O’Donoghue is leaving MRCI. With Siobhán at the helm, MRCI has gone from strength to strength and has developed a reputation as an organisation that successfully combines people
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Is Ireland criminalising victims of trafficking for forced labour? This report looks at the new trend of trafficking for forced labour in cannabis growhouses and asks if Ireland is ignoring clear slavery indicators and incarcerating victims. Published as part of
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