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Around €2.5 million in unpaid wages were recovered last year for workers who were found to have been paid less than their statutory minimum entitlements following investigations by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA).

In its report for 2009, NERA said that over 6,000 workers received money back on foot of its investigations with about €410 being received on average per employee.