Member's statement: 'Good Jobs' Bill
Member's statement by Mr Pádraig Delargy on .
- MLA
- Mr Pádraig Delargy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 9 June 2026
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- 'Good Jobs' Bill
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5601484
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Text
The 'good jobs' Bill is about building a society that values people, families and workers. The Bill would establish new rights for parents whose babies require neonatal care and new protections for carers, who provide support to loved ones every day. Each of us, whether through our families, friends, communities or our role as elected representatives, is familiar with the heartbreaking stories of people across the North who have had to give up work because of caring responsibilities, whether those are for their child, spouse, elderly parent or another relative who is unwell. Our role as legislators is to identify and support those who are most marginalised by current legislation. Providing a pathway to change that reality for those whose dedication, care, love and compassion is punished by a lack of job security, fair pay, carers' leave entitlements and fair conditions is a critical component of that. By blocking the 'good jobs' Bill, the DUP has shown its hand and proven what many of us already know: it is anti-worker, anti-equality and anti-rights. It is for the DUP to look workers in the eye and explain its reasoning, but no amount of spin will change the facts. The reality is that the DUP is blocking the 'good jobs' Bill. What does blocking the 'good jobs' Bill mean? It means no entitlement to leave for carers, no entitlement to paid neonatal leave for families and no guaranteed tips for workers. My appeal is simple: stop playing politics. Stop playing games with the lives of workers and support the introduction of the 'good jobs' Bill in the Assembly. Support proper scrutiny. Support democracy.
271 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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