Dublin: GlobalMobileVision.com Employee 'detained' and staff 'underpaid' at IT company

dublin | crime and justice | other press

Saturday June 11, 2005 13:41

by me moby

first revealed by The Village - further investigated by Blogger

'...a company Global Mobile Vision that “has been accused of intimidating staff and of failing to pay wages due. And its work practices are bizarre”, according to Village Magazine.'

a Blogger's Whois investigation
http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/2005/06/10/globalmobilevisioncom-employee-detained-and-staff-underpaid-at-it-company/

The company states on their headed note paper that they are registered as company number . This number is not registered with the CRO for any company. Global Mobile Vision does not look like registered as a company. In fact no company is registered with these details at all.

There is a meeting in Buswell’s Hotel on Molesworth street tomorrow at 2PM. Several journolists will be in attendance along with some politicians. I am not sure if there will be any techno-journos-if anyone knows any, please let them know.

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Article from The Village posted:

Village Magazine article about GlobalMobileVision.com: Employee “detained” and staff “underpaid” at IT company
http://www.runningwithbulls.com/blog/village-magazine-article-about-globalmobilevisioncom-employee-detained-and-staff-underpaid-at-it-company/

A Dublin software company with links to Christian evangelists has been accused of intimidating staff and of failing to pay wages due. And its work practices are bizarre. Management deny the allegations. Ruairí McCann and Colin Murphy report.

A software company in North Dublin has been accused of withholding payment from staff and of detaining or intimidating staff who have sought pay or who have complained.

Staff member John Bates was detained on Wednesday on Wednesday 8 June when he returned from his lunch break. He was summoned to a meeting with management, where he was told he was being suspended for attempting to organise staff and for contacting the media. Security staff demanded to search his bag, accusing him of possessing “intellectual property” materials of the company. When he refused, security staff held him in the offices, he said. Bates telephoned TD Joe Higgins, who contacted the gardaí. Bates was released when the gardaí arrived.

The company have said the allegations against it are “completely untrue”.

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The company
http://globalmobilevision.com/