The High Court has ruled that a Pakistani man is not entitled to a Rights Commissioner award of 92,000 euro because his employment contract was substantively illegal.
Mr Justice Gerald Hogan noted the Labour Court ruling had found that Muhammad Younis had been the victim of the most appalling exploitation by his employer by being underpaid and forced to work excessive hours.
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However, he said Mr Younis had no effective recourse in respect of that exploitation.
Mr Younis had been working for Amjad Hussein of the Poppadom restaurant in Newlands Cross in Dublin.
The High Court ruling will have serious consequences for many other undocumented migrant workers experiencing breaches of workplace rights.
