COMMERCIAL MOTOR
March 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTransport ministers of the 15 EU countries have agreed a regulationthat would require road transport companies to pay the same wages andbenefits to drivers from third countries as they do to EU nationals.The EU Council said the regulation would put an end to "socialdumping" under which EU road companies have taken on drivers from eastEuropean countries, for instance, at significantly lower wages than thosepaid to nationals. This was for a time quite common in Germany.The agreement by ministers to end the practice follows arecommendation made by the ...
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