Court rules that Portugese workers entitled to damages over sub-standard accommodation

A partnership which employed 27 Portugese workers here on a road project could legally make deductions from their wages for accommodation but the workers are entitled to damages because that accommodation was "sub-standard", the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A partnership which employed 27 Portugese workers here on a road project could legally make deductions from their wages for accommodation but the workers are entitled to claim damages because that accommodation was "sub-standard", the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Mr Justice Gerard Hogan said the issues arising from the workers’ treatment "all have a distinctly Victorian feel to them".