Wind farm contractor forced to deny allegations it is using ‘slave labour’ workforce

A contractor for a major Moray Firth wind farm project has been accused of shutting out UK workers in favour of “cheap foreign labour”.

Contracts seen by Energy Voice, the Press and Journal’s sister website, indicate a number of non-EU nationals on Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL’s) Stanislav Yudin crane vessel have been earning below the national minimum wage.

SHL has denied allegations of underpaying foreign workers on the SSE-operated Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project.

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