Illegal Polish workers in Denmark claim extensive damages for exploitation

Two Polish construction workers from Szczecin, Zdzislaw Tomczewski and Wiktor Batko, have become leading men in Denmark's largest current issue concerning illegal employment. The workers were employees of a Danish company based in Szczecin, Buk Real Estate. The owner of the company, Allan Roenne, also controls a company in Denmark, AZ-Toys, which specializes in constructing playground equipment for children. The Polish employees received 25 Danish Korons per hour, which is only a quarter of the pay of a legally employed worker. They each received around zl. 700 per month as employees of the Szczecin-based company. As the case was uncovered it will now be subject to court proceedings. If the company owner loses the case, the two Polish employees can expect compensation running to hundreds of thousands of zlotys. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A7) A.K.