GERMAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN ON MEAT PLANT CONTRACT STAFFING AND HEALTH RULES AMIDST COVID-19 OUTBREAKS
May 2nd, 2020
The cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel today (May 20) announced a “work protection programme for the meat industry”, raising labour standards in a sector which has been criticised for poor health and safety amidst a rash of outbreaks of Covid-19 amongst temporary migrant workers. The proposals include a ban on contract staffing from the beginning of 2021 as well as higher fines of up to EUR30,000, (up from a current ceiling of EUR15,000), for breaches of workplace health and safety regulations. Labour minister Hubertus Heil has been told to coordinate ...
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