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Legal Challenge Seeks Minimum Wage for 300,000 Disabled Workers in German Workshops
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Legal Challenge Seeks Minimum Wage for 300,000 Disabled Workers in German Workshops
A test case before a German court could require sheltered workshops to pay disabled employees the minimum wage.
- The legal action, brought on behalf of Jürgen Linnemann, asks the Münster Labour Court to rule that disabled workers in sheltered workshops are employees entitled to the minimum wage.
- Former federal commissioner for disabled people Hubert Hüppe said the workshop system does not fulfill its obligation to rehabilitate workers for the mainstream economy.
- Karla Bredenbals, head of Caritas workshops in Paderborn, acknowledged that some colleagues express reluctance to let productive workers leave.
- The next hearing is scheduled for September, with a decision expected within a year.
TopicsCaritasSheltered WorkshopsemploymentLabor Rightsminimum-wageHubert HuppeDisabilityLegal ChallengeGermanyRehabilitation
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