In a case lasting over two years, an employment tribunal has ordered a Polish company, Polimex, to pay €10,000 in compensation to one of its employees. The CGT trade union's mines and energy federation took the case when it discovered the Polish workers employed by an EDF subcontractor working at the Porcheville power station had not received wages to which they were entitled and had put up with poor working and living conditions.
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EDF sub-contractor charged with underpaying employees
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