Takeaway chef who worked up to 73 hours per week wins €154k for multiple employment rights violations

A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator has ordered a Cavan takeaway business to pay €154,828 in compensation to a Chinese national for serious employment rights violations sustained over two years. The worker, employed at Lam's Asian Cuisine and Eskimo Pizza in Ballyjamesduff, was found to have worked between 68 and 73 hours weekly while earning as little as €3 per hour. The adjudicator upheld all 14…