Construction company ‘paying foreign workers €5 per hour’

SIPTU has claimed a west Sligo construction company is paying up to 70 Eastern European workers as little as €5 per hour for work.

The union said the workers — mainly Polish but also Lithuanian — employed at Liam Scott Construction are earning far below the minimum construction wage and that the Irish workers employed are also getting less than they are entitled to.

The situation came to SIPTU’s notice when the workers tried to join the union. The union says it verified the workers’ claims with the aid of translators.