Survey Shows 58% Of Irish Businesses View Employment Law As Brake On Job Creation
A survey conducted by the Irish representative organisation for SMEs, the Small
Firms Association (SFA) has revealed that some 58% of the companies questioned
view the increasing body of employment law in Ireland as a disincentive to employing
staff. A total of 413 companies were surveyed during three national conferences held
in conjunction with Bank of Ireland Business Banking earlier this year. Other
key findings of the poll were that: 88% of small companies have no dedicated
HR resource, and that 61% of firms questioned view compliance with employment
law as a significant regulatory burden. Commenting on the results, assistant director of the SFA, Patricia Callan observed
that 'the highly regulated labour market within the EU is having a detrimental
effect on Ireland's ability to create jobs and remain competitive. The influx
of new rules and regulations from Europe and their transposition into Irish
legislation remains a significant problem for small businesses.' According to the SFA, as an employer in Ireland, irrespective of the number
of workers concerned, there are now around 40 pieces of primary legislation
relating to employment matters which must be addressed. .
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