Court ruling: contractors should pay relevant minimum wage

Germany

The ver.di services trade union reports on a recent European Court ruling on procurement that says that companies can be excluded from bidding for contracts if they don't commit to pay the relevant minimum wage. The case concerns the decision in 2013 by Landau city council to exclude the company Regio-Post from bidding for contracts when it refused to pay its workers what was then the minimum hourly rate of €8.70 as set by the Rheinland-Pfalz regional authority. The European Court of Justice has ruled that the city council's actions were compatible with European legislation.
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