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The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany's disabled workers
Key takeaways
- Special workshops for disabled people employ 300,000 people in Germany.
- The legal action has been brought on behalf of 57-year-old Jürgen Linnemann, who has spent all his working life in a "Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen" – a workshop for disabled people.
- In English these would be called sheltered workshops, and in Germany some 300,000 disabled people work in them.
Special workshops for disabled people employ 300,000 people in Germany. A test case before a German court could have implications for hundreds of thousands of disabled people in the country who currently work for less than the legal minimum wage.
The legal action has been brought on behalf of 57-year-old Jürgen Linnemann, who has spent all his working life in a "Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen" – a workshop for disabled people.
In English these would be called sheltered workshops, and in Germany some 300,000 disabled people work in them.
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