26th Oct 2018 06:34
Dublin/BERLIN (Alliance News) - Irish budget airlineRyanair Holdings PLC rejected on Thursday claims that it illegally employs hundreds of contract workers in Germany.
Some 700 of Ryanair's 1000 flight attendants in Germany signed their employment contracts with two companies based in Ireland, in contradiction with German law, German parliamentarian Pascal Meiser said on Wednesday.
The accusations are not true, Ryanair communications director Robin Kiely said, adding that the company and its service providers comply fully with EU law.
The two companies in question, Crewlink Ireland and Workforce International Contractors, are based in Dublin.
Meiser, who belongs to the hard-left Die Linke party, says the companies lack the necessary authorization for contract labour.
Ryanair has in recent times confronted labour law issues in a number of European countries. Trade unions are calling for the application of national labour law, rather than just Irish employment rules.
On Thursday, Ryanair said it has signed collective labour agreements with two Belgian trade unions.
The deals are with CNE-CSC and LBC-NVK, covering all of its directly-employed pilots and cabin crew in Belgium.
This follows, Ryanair said, similar deals in Spain, Portugal, and the UK.
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