Maximum awards to Zimbabwean care workers left in poverty when promised jobs fell through

Eight healthcare workers from Zimbabwe have been awarded €30,420 each by the Workplace Relations Commission following a finding that Unity Healthcare Services Ltd failed to pay their wages over a six-month period. The adjudicator described the non-payment as "particularly egregious" and noted it was "exacerbated by repeated empty promises of payment". The workers, who were recruited in 2022 and 2023, paid…