The youth officers of trade union GPA-djp have criticised for months the poor training conditions for apprentices and the assigned work that had no relation with their vocational training combined with irregular payments in the car rental company Charterline. The union went to court and has reached a compensation payment of €86,000 for the youngsters. Other young workers in training schemes are recommended to check the regularity of their working conditions.
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