It emerges amid concerns over some workers being employed on zero-hour contracts
Cleaning staff at Stormont could face having their hours cut in a review by a new multi-million-pound contractor, a trade union has warned.
It emerges amid concerns over a number of staff being on zero-hours contracts and workers dealing with a two-week gap in their pay while Stormont switched companies. The contract was awarded by the Assembly Commission, a body made up of representatives of the main parties which runs Parliament Buildings.People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll called for zero-hour contracts to be outlawed, saying that "every worker is entitled to job security".
He said: "Outsourcing and re-tendering cleaning and catering contracts creates this problem and while we welcome that Aramark has provided financial support if needed, these low-paid workers would not be in this situation if they were employed by the NI Assembly."Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you?