Workplace Relations Commission recovers €1.8m in unpaid wages

The Workplace Relations Commission recovered €1.8m in unpaid wages for workers last year — an 8% increase on a year earlier.

The WRC’s annual report for 2017, published yesterday, shows that, overall, the adjudication body received 14,000 complaints.

The biggest cause of complaint was pay (27%), followed by unfair dismissal (14%), working time (13%), discrimination/equality (11%), and trade/industrial relations disputes (11%).