{"id":1413,"date":"2021-01-22T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/childcare-workers-forced-to-apply-for-pup-as-some-employers-snub-ewss-scheme\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:24:27","slug":"childcare-workers-forced-to-apply-for-pup-as-some-employers-snub-ewss-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/childcare-workers-forced-to-apply-for-pup-as-some-employers-snub-ewss-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcare workers forced to apply for PUP as some employers snub EWSS scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats TD and party spokesperson for Children, Jennifer Whitmore, has expressed concern that staff working in childcare, whose employers could be availing of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), are instead being forced to apply for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a response\u00a0to a parliamentary\u00a0question, the Minister for Finance told\u00a0me that 3,200 childcare workers availed of the PUP on January\u00a011th. This is a very high figure and indicates that many workers are with employers who are not availing of the EWSS scheme. The Minister told me that 2,525 registered childcare service providers are signed up for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Staff in our childcare sector need to be recognised for the work they do \u2013 and be paid and treated fairly. I am deeply concerned that many employers are not availing of the EWSS, and instead workers are applying for the PUP. This will also impact on their PRSI contributions and other entitlements such as holidays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my view, this is evidence that we have a broken childcare model in Ireland. We need to move to a new model, where the State takes a central role. 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