Polish workers still underpaid after two months

THE company at the centre of a labour scandal at Dublin's Port Tunnel is not complying with labour laws two months after the Irish Examiner revealed Polish staff were being paid half that of Irish workers.

Polish firm Format Industrial Construction Ltd made written commitments to pay workers properly in February following an extensive Irish Examiner investigation.

At the time, up to 40 Polish Port Tunnel workers were being paid just over e8 an hour instead of the agreed industry standard of over €15.