Germany: Federal Labor Court condemns booming low wages and thinks about removing “tariff unity” in businesses

The annual press conference of the Federal Labor Court was tainted with the economic crisis. Statistics and data Mrs. Schmidt presented on January 27 confirmed that.
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complaints because of the economic crisis. In some regions, complaints linked with layoffs, temporary contracts or low wages increased by 30%. Mrs. Schmidt called on the lawmaker to take responsibility to put a stop to this situation. Besides, the fourth chamber of the BAG, in charge of collective bargaining disputes, is about to take a new stand on the principle of “tariff unity” and announced that it would grant the right to negotiate different collective agreements within a single company, f

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