A Brazilian mother-of-two, working illegally in Ireland, alleges she was unfairly dismissed after refusing to pick up her former employer from the airport on her day off.
A mother-of-two from Brazil, who illegally worked as a cleaner while living in Ireland , has claimed that she was sacked after refusing to collect her former employer from the airport on her day off. During an adjudication hearing of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) earlier today, Claudia Borjas alleged that Team Weaver Limited in Elphin, Co Roscommon had failed to pay her for more than a month prior to her dismissal last January.
She claimed that the director of the company had also “just stopped paying” other illegal workers, and told adjudication officer Emile Daly that they hadn’t pursued the matter through the WRC because of their immigration status. Ms Borjas said she had entered Ireland on a tourist visa in 2023 and began working illegally for the contract cleaning company at a racecourse that August. She said she spoke to the director of the company, Dean Weaver, about the possibility of applying for a work permit. In response to questioning from Ms Daly, Ms Borjas said she had no contract with the company, no basic core terms, and was given no annual leave. She worked every day but had every second Sunday off and did not work Christmas Day. She told the WRC that she had provided cleaning services at a hospital, a cinema, and a newspaper for the company, as well as cleaning windows at retirement homes at weekends. She was paid €12 per hour. In December 2023, Mr Weaver allegedly asked Ms Borjas to collect him from an airport. She refused because she was not working, and she was afraid of being stopped by gardaí as she was not insured to drive. They had an exchange and Ms Borjas claimed that Mr Weaver “became very aggressive” when she asked him for wages that she was owed
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