Germany to tighten rules on meat industry workers
After the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on working conditions in meat plants, Germany is moving to tighten rules in a bid to afford workers more job security, but this has been met with criticism by the meat industry. EURACTIV Germany reports. The Bundestag will vote on Wednesday (December 16) on a proposal to ban work contracts and temporary work in the meat industry. With the exception of the liberal FDP and far-right AfD, all the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag’s Labour and Social Affairs Committee have already given their approval for the so-called “Occupational Health a...
Source: euractiv.com