EC launches infringement proceedings against Germany
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The European Commission has decided to launch infringement proceeding against Germany over the minimum wage law on Tuesday.
According to a law that came into force on January 1, 2015 in Germany, all employees working on German territory regardless of where their employer is based have to be paid a minimum wage of €8.5 an hour. The law would decrease the competitiveness of Polish freight and transport companies, once applied to Polish drivers. The law was temporarily suspended at the beginning of February, after negotiations between the Polish Minister of Labor and his German counterpart.
