A wave of the coronavirus Omicron variant is sweeping through workplaces and factories in Germany. Workers are paying a heavy price. The death toll from the virus in Germany is nearing 120,000.
After the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on working conditions in meat plants, Germany is moving to tighten rules in a bid to afford workers more job security, but this has been met with criticism by the meat industry. EURACTIV Germany reports.
The Bundestag will vote on Wednesday (December 16) on a proposal to ban work contracts and temporary work in the meat industry.
With the exception of the liberal FDP and far-right AfD, all the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag’s Labour and Social Affairs Committee have already given their approval for the so-called “Occupational Health and Safety Monitoring Act.”