The TV-channel ARD broadcasted a SWR-report on the working conditions at a Daimler plant in Stuttgart that revealed the use of subcontractors as a method to circumvent the normal wages and working conditions. An undercover reporter contacted a staffing firm which transferred him to a logistics company used by the Daimler plant. The carmaker was accused of illegally using temporary employment, a claim the firm denies. In the meantime the public prosecutor has reacted and introduced an investigation against management.
English: http://www.staffingindustry.com/eng/Research-Publications ...
German: http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/ard-reportage-undercover …
http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/nach-ard-reportage-strafanzeige …
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