April 6, 2021 4:34 pm People Before Profit has moved a bill to provide a sick pay scheme for migrant workers in the meat, dairy and horticulture sectors. The bill – Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 – aims to provide an employer-paid sick scheme for workers employed on general employment permits in the sectors outlined above. Additionally, according to People Before Profit, it addresses “a number of other issues related to foreign nationals working in the state under general employment permits”. “These include granting greater rights in certain situations to change employer within the first year here; providing for the right to access the Workplace Relations Commission in some circumstances where the person involved may not have a valid work permit; and ensuring awards granted to persons without a valid permit are recoverable in the event of a insolvency and to provide for related matters.”