POSTED WORKERS : RULING ON COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT SPARKS DEBATE.

From: European Report | Date: April 7, 2008 | Copyright information

The EU Court of Justice has ruled that the Polish company which had paid workers posted in Germany less than the minimum salary set out in a (German) collective agreement had the right to do so. This decision was immediately criticised by unions and the European political left for legitimising social dumping.

The so-called Ruffert' case, referred to the Court by the region of Lower Saxony, concerns litigations pitting the region against a Polish company working as a subcontractor for a German firm on a construction site sold by public tender.

The law of Lower Saxony on ...

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