Labor Minister Hubertus Heil
Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpaHubertus Heil postpones a business trip to Romania: the two-day visit by the Federal Minister of Labor was supposed to be about more protection for seasonal workers in agriculture and for employees in the meat industry. But due to the corona risk, the trip will not take place for the time being.
"To my great regret, I had to postpone the planned trip to Bucharest at short notice today," said the SPD politician in the evening. The local development of corona infections led to Bucharest being declared a risk area by the responsible ministries on Wednesday. "I telephoned my Romanian counterpart, who accepted the decision with great understanding," continued Heil.
It was agreed that the planned topics of the trip, in particular the protection of Romanian workers in Germany, would be discussed in a video conference on Thursday, Heil explained: "I am also confident that I will be able to make up for the trip to Romania in the near future. "
After an accumulation of corona cases, the working conditions, especially of Eastern European employees in these areas of agriculture and the meat industry, came to the fore.
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