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17/02/2009
Total 'broke no laws at Lindsey' |
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A report has found that French oil company Total did not break the law by employing foreign workers at the Lindsey refinery.
The report was requested by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and it stated that there has been no breach of EU law at the Lincolnshire site.
John Taylor, chief executive of industrial arbitrator Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service), said that although there was no evidence of unlawful activity there is "a source of tension around the Posted Workers Directive and its application to construction work and the UK's industrial relations system".
He added that the issues have been highlighted by the recession.
Meanwhile, TUC general secretary Brendan Barber stated that it is unsurprising the report found that no laws have been broken as the law "does not properly protect UK-based workers - wherever they were born". |
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