Labour Court ordered to reconsider man's claim that employer breached Minimum Wage Act

A man who claimed his employment contract provided for him to work 66 hours a week for €337.50 has won his High Court challenge over the Labour Court’s rejection of his case his employer paid him less than the minimum wage. The Labour Court must now reconsider the matter.

Freshcut Food Services Ltd had argued Dimitri Karpenko did not actually work more than 40 hours weekly at its premises at Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, and disputed any breach of the Act.