Security workers ‘on 90 hour week’

MIGRANT workers employed to provide security are being forced by their unscrupulous employers to work up to 90 hours a week, it was claimed yesterday.

As a survey revealed more than half of all security firms have no quality standards, a leading industry figure said that he hoped legislation to regulate companies will help root out rogue operators.

Les McLindon, president of the Irish Security Industry Association, said there was “anecdotal evidence” that some companies are operated by criminals.