Workers underpaid by €2m in 2011

Almost €2m in unpaid wages was recovered from employers following a probe by the National Employment Rights Authority last year.

NERA said a total of 5,591 inspections conducted in 2011 involving more than 100,000 employees has resulted in the underpayment of €1,905,262 in wages.

This represents a 52% increase in the total value of unpaid wages over breaches of employment legislation detected in 2010, despite a 22% reduction in the actual number of inspections.