Lifetime care volunteer who said taxpayer saved €1.1m from his unpaid labour wins award over ‘expulsion’ after HSE takeover

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Stephen Bourke

A man in his 70s who spent decades as an unwaged volunteer aiding the disabled with care and music therapy until he was “expelled” from a centre in the midlands following a HSE takeover has secured an award of €61,000 for rights breaches.

John Clark told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that yearly costs at the charity had risen from €3 million during the time of volunteer co-workers to €11 million under a new staffing model.