Employment lawyers have strongly criticised the Government's Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme which is being debated in the Dáil today.
In a letter to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty marked "Urgent", the Chairperson of the Employment and Equality Law Committee of the Law Society Catherine O'Flynn says that flaws in the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020 undermine its "fundamental operability".
She tells the Minister: "Our concern is that as currently drafted, it is unlikely most employers would avail of the provision and thus the stated aim of the legislation would be stymied".
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