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Article: POSTED WORKERS : RULING ON COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT SPARKS DEBATE.
- Article from:
- European Report
- Article date:
- April 7, 2008
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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 public tenders sets out that work contracts are only given to companies which commit ...