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Legal Opinion Deems Minimum-Wage Exception for Seasonal Workers LawfulA legal opinion partly commissioned by Deutscher Bauernverband considers special rules for agricultural seasonal workers legally permissible.
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- The opinion was commissioned partly by Deutscher Bauernverband and written by Prof. Dr. Christian Picker, a labour-law scholar from Tübingen.
- According to its assessment, an exception to minimum-wage rules for agricultural seasonal workers is legally permissible.
- Joachim Rukwied therefore calls for a 20-percent reduction for agricultural seasonal workers in future.
- An ongoing poll measures support, opposition, or uncertainty regarding such an exception.
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