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The FOA public services union has won a case against a private care company that had cut certain parts of the salary package when 60 employees had transferred from the Bøgeskov municipal care centre in Aarhus. The tribunal made clear that various payments relating to evening, night and weekend work and increased holiday supplements should be protected in the transfer. The FOA sees this as an important ruling that will be relevant to other cases of outsourcing.
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