Xiaofeng Gao said he was offered job on condition he paid €30,600 as recruitment fee. File image. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
A Chinese national who worked up to 73 hours a week at a Co Cavan takeaway but routinely had to “repay” almost all his wages has been awarded €154,828.
Xiaofeng Gao told a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hearing in April how he worked between six and seven days a week.
But he was often left with just €60 after paying back most of his wages to settle a debt of more than €30,000 related to his recruitment and provisi
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