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06/02/2008
'Forced Labour' Worker Awarded €116,000
A Dublin restaurant has been ordered to pay a migrant worker €116,000 compensation for breaches of employment law.
The worker told the Labour Relations Commission the Pakistani man was forced to work in appalling conditions for five years and had virtually no days off. He said his employer withheld his passport and threatened him with deportation if he complained.
The man earned just €150 per week, of which €100 deducted by the employer for his accommodation.
The restaurateur - who can not be identified - was ordered to pay compensation totalling €116,000.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's (MRCI) director Siobhan O'Donoghue said it took a lot of courage for the worker to come forward. She said: "This case contains all the elements of human trafficking for forced labour.
"This man was brought to Ireland and made to work under extremely exploitative conditions. He was controlled by the employer and threatened to the extent that he had no option but to tolerate the exploitation."
She has called for better protection against forced labour in the upcoming Immigration Bill, to be discussed in the Dáil tomorrow.
The landmark decision can be appealed at an Employment Appeals Tribunal.
A Dublin restaurant has been ordered to pay a migrant worker €116,000 compensation for breaches of employment law.
The Pakistani man earned just €150 per week, with €100 deducted by the employer for his accommodation.
The worker told the Labour Relations Commission he was forced to work in appalling conditions for five years and had virtually no days off. He said his employer withheld his passport and threatened him with deportation if he complained.
A Rights' Commissioner this week ordered the restaurateur - who can not be identified - to pay compensation totalling €116,000.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's (MRCI) director Siobhan O'Donoghue said it took a lot of courage for the worker to come forward. She said: "This case contains all the elements of human trafficking for forced labour.
"This man was brought to Ireland and made to work under extremely exploitative conditions. He was controlled by the employer and threatened to the extent that he had no option but to tolerate the exploitation."
She has called for better protection against forced labour in the upcoming Immigration Bill, to be discussed in the Dáil tomorrow.
The landmark decision can be appealed at an Employment Appeals Tribunal.
(VB)
The worker told the Labour Relations Commission the Pakistani man was forced to work in appalling conditions for five years and had virtually no days off. He said his employer withheld his passport and threatened him with deportation if he complained.
The man earned just €150 per week, of which €100 deducted by the employer for his accommodation.
The restaurateur - who can not be identified - was ordered to pay compensation totalling €116,000.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's (MRCI) director Siobhan O'Donoghue said it took a lot of courage for the worker to come forward. She said: "This case contains all the elements of human trafficking for forced labour.
"This man was brought to Ireland and made to work under extremely exploitative conditions. He was controlled by the employer and threatened to the extent that he had no option but to tolerate the exploitation."
She has called for better protection against forced labour in the upcoming Immigration Bill, to be discussed in the Dáil tomorrow.
The landmark decision can be appealed at an Employment Appeals Tribunal.
A Dublin restaurant has been ordered to pay a migrant worker €116,000 compensation for breaches of employment law.
The Pakistani man earned just €150 per week, with €100 deducted by the employer for his accommodation.
The worker told the Labour Relations Commission he was forced to work in appalling conditions for five years and had virtually no days off. He said his employer withheld his passport and threatened him with deportation if he complained.
A Rights' Commissioner this week ordered the restaurateur - who can not be identified - to pay compensation totalling €116,000.
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's (MRCI) director Siobhan O'Donoghue said it took a lot of courage for the worker to come forward. She said: "This case contains all the elements of human trafficking for forced labour.
"This man was brought to Ireland and made to work under extremely exploitative conditions. He was controlled by the employer and threatened to the extent that he had no option but to tolerate the exploitation."
She has called for better protection against forced labour in the upcoming Immigration Bill, to be discussed in the Dáil tomorrow.
The landmark decision can be appealed at an Employment Appeals Tribunal.
(VB)
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