A total of 11 Donegal businesses were handed convictions by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2021, for violations of workers’ rights.
Nationally, the Commission recovered over €1 million of unpaid wages for workers last year.
Donegal businesses were found to have broken six different acts in total: the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997; Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006; Workplace Relations Act, 2015; Protection of Young Persons Act 1996; National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (as amended) and the Payment of Wages Act, 1991.
5 of the 11 Donegal businesses given convictions were found to have violated multiple workers’ rights acts.
You can read the Workplace Relation Commissions 2021 annual report here:
