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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