Zimbabwean workers awarded €30k each after arriving in Ireland to find they had no jobs
The Irish Labour Court upheld awards of €30,000 each to two Zimbabwean healthcare workers who were recruited by Unity Healthcare but left without jobs. The company failed to provide work or the necessary documentation for the workers to seek alternative employment.
Why it matters
This case highlights issues regarding migrant worker rights, recruitment ethics, and legal accountability for employment agencies.
IRELAND — Awards of more than €30,000 each to two Zimbabwean healthcare workers who travelled to Ireland believing they would have jobs, only to find the work did not materialise, have been upheld by the Labour Court.
Tatenda Ncube and Brenda Mubaiwa had both been offered work by Unity Healthcare, which had a contract with Tusla to provide emergency care to vulnerable children, and were told they would be working at a centre in Virginia, Co Cavan .
The pair were among nine Zimbabwean workers to take cases to the Workplace Relations Commission ( WRC ), saying they were left without work or money to pay basic bills by the company. They said it only told them almost a year after they arrived that its contract had been cancelled and there would be no work.
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