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A State workplace watchdog today ordered Stablefield Ltd to pay former Harvest Manager at the firm, Ana Lacramioara Manciu, 15,058 in arrears over the company’s failure to pay her the national minimum wage over a 12 month period from September 2015 to September 2016.
In her findings, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator, Úna Glazier Farmer stated that she accepted Lacramioara Manciu’s undisputed evidence in its entirety and that her complaint is well founded.
Lacramioara Manciu provided evidence of working 14 and 15 hour long days but only getting paid for 6.58 hours and 6.77 hours on those days by Stablefield Ltd.
Lacramioara Manciu alleged that Stablefield Ltd falsified her working hours and Glazier Farmer stated that the “falsification of working hours with the clear intention of deceiving the complainant and underpaying her significantly less than the national minimum wage is the most heinous breach of her employment rights”.
Glazier Farmer stated that Stablefield Ltd sought to take advantage of Lacramioara Manciu who was not familiar with her employment rights upon arrival in Ireland.
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