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Germany: Top court s order on foreign nursing home workers pay triggers debate dw.com 7 hrs ago © Provided by dw.com An estimated 4 million people in Germany are care-dependent, and three-quarters receive care at home In Germany, at least 300,000 foreign helpers, mostly women from central and eastern EU countries, work in care-dependent German homes. Two-thirds of these workers do not have contracts, according to Germany s foundation for patient protection. Many of these women work in so-called 24-hour private home care. On Thursday, Germany s top labor court ruled that minimum legal wages must be paid to live-in caregivers, including for time spent on standby.

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