The Social Democrats have unveiled their workers' rights policy, which is expected to be launched later today.

They plan to replace the minimum wage with a living wage in two years and establish a commission to research, trial and set out a pathway to introduce a four-day working week.

The party also hope to legislate to protect workers from being penalised on the grounds of trade union membership, create a regular review of the new Living Wage benchmark to ensure it reflects the actual cost of living and combat precarious working practices by expanding the scope of existing bans on zero-hour/if-and-when contracts.

The policy will be launched by Dublin Central candidate Gary Gannon and Mid-West Dublin candidate Eoin Ó Broin.

Reporting by Lynsey Dolan.