OUGHTERARD BUILDER FINED FOR FAILING TO PAY POLISH WORKERS

Date Published: 07-Jan-2009

An Oughterard employer has been ordered to pay almost a hundred thousand euro in unpaid wages to his Polish workers. Gerry Lambert, of Portacarron, Oughertard, was this week (Mon 5/1/09) ordered by the Labour Court to pay 93 thousand euro to seven Polish construction workers for work done between May 2006 and March 2007.The order was made the same day Construction Industry Federation chief Tom Parlon launched a stinging attack on Galway SIPTU official Michael Kilcoyne for highlighting bad treatment of foreign workers by Irish employers.