Builder must repay 7 workers €93k

A BUILDER has been ordered to pay almost e93,000 to seven Polish workers amid claims they were paid less than the minimum wage and were given no wage slips.

Gerry Lambert of Oughterard was also ordered to comply with the registered employment agreement in the construction industry.

According to Industrial Relations News, the money owed to the workers varies between e2,362.08 and e17,740.95. The total amount owed is e92,968.36. The workers concerned were working for Mr Lambert on a site in Tullamore where, according to Pat McCabe of SIPTU, they received no pay slips or contracts. Some were receiving less than the minimum wage.