Category: Labour market
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 …
Now is the time to talk about job quality
Gail Irvine 23/10/2018
This week the Carnegie UK Trust published new research which analyses how workplace trends are impacting on the quality of life of workers in …
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 …
The Crucial Role of Enterprise Policy
Sean Ó Riain 19/06/2018
This past week has brought new controversies about Ireland’s status as a ‘tax haven’, following new research from researchers at the University …
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 …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
James Stewart
Dr James Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Michelle Maher
Dr Michelle Maher completed her PhD on the Irish pension system in 2016 at Maynooth …