The owner of La Gilda del Norte must pay a fine of 18,000 euros for employing workers in an irregular situation
In addition to the fine, he will also have to pay EUR 7,500 in civil liability.
The owner of the company La Gilda del Norte must pay a fine of 18,000 euros"for the repeated employment of foreigners without a work permit", and the Court of Bizkaia has imposed compensation of 2,500 euros on each of the three workers who have filed a private indictment for civil liability, for which he must also pay another 7,500 euros.
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has reported that the Second Section of the Court of Bizkaia has found it proven that the accused "repeatedly hired "foreigners in an irregular situationbetween December 2018 and May 2021.
Forced to hide
These persons did not have a work permit and were not registered with Social Security; the owner of the company also avoided informing the Spanish authorities that these persons were employees of his company. The judgement further states that the owner of the company warned the workers that if there were inspections they would have to hide in the premises.
"It is proven that the accused regularly or repeatedly employed persons who were in an irregular situation in Spain without a work permit, so that,due tothe need to remain b, they were obliged to accept the working conditions offered to them because they were in a situation of weakness as a result of the threat of expulsion from the territory, "the judgement states.
Crime against labour rights
The owner of La Gilda del Norte must pay a fine of 18,000 euros as the "perpetrator of an offence against workers' rights", while the other 7,500 euros will be paid for the moral damage caused as civil liability.
On theother hand, the Court of Bizkaia has acquitted the employer's daughter, since it has not been proven that she "participated in the hiring of illegal workers in her father's company" or "acted as manager of that company".
The judgement is not finaland may be appealed to the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country.
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