“class action lawsuit on Friday will be directed to TK” – told PAP on Thursday representative complaint consisting DD Legal law firm in Hamburg, Damian Dziengo.
According to the information provided by the lawyer that the complaint of the 12 transport companies from Polish and one each from Austria and Hungary.
Dziengo estimates that the German legislature overstepped seriously beyond the scope of their powers, in violation of law based on the European treaties. According to the lawyer of the minimum wage law violates the German constitution. Attorney announced that it will coincide with a six-month moratorium on the entry into force of the challenged provisions. TK may, but need not agree to suspend the rules until a complaint.
Since the beginning of the year in Germany, the Act introduction with a few exceptions for all employees a minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour. According to the German rules should also apply to drivers of foreign shipping companies, transiting through Germany.
After the intervention of the Polish authorities, the German labor minister Andrea Nahles agreed in late January to suspend the rules for foreign truckers until the clarification of EU regulations on this issue. Nahles, stipulated that the minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour will continue to exist truck drivers that are loaded and unloaded in Germany.
Today, the European Commission examines the materials submitted to it by Germany. Berlin is of the opinion that the provisions are compatible with EU law. Against the rules on minimum wages are protesting a German entrepreneur. In their view, are particularly troublesome red tape associated with the use of the Act.
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