€2.50 an hour pay claims under investigation

LABOUR inspectors yesterday launched an investigation into claims that at least 19 South Africans employed to fit Bus Éireann school vehicles with seat belts were paid just €120 a week.

Sinn Féin’s workers’ rights spokesman Arthur Morgan said he was contacted last week by staff members working around the country on the State funded project.

Mr Morgan said he had seen contracts and pay slips provided by workers which indicated payment in the region of €2.50 an hour.