Microsoft employees in Sweden to receive €1.3 million after investigation into labour law violations
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Employees at a data centre operated by Microsoft in Sweden are to receive compensation of €1.3 million. The decision comes at the same time as the investigative network Investigate Europe has published an investigation into violations of labour law within the company's operations.
Investigate Europe is a network of journalists in several European countries who carry out cross-border investigations. The investigation concerns violations of labour law, meaning laws and regulations that protect employees with regard to pay, working hours and working conditions. This type of investigation often attracts considerable attention, because it shows how companies follow, or fail to follow, the rules that apply in the country where they operate.
Data centres are large facilities with computer servers that store and process information for internet and cloud services. In Sweden, such facilities are important for the digital infrastructure, and Microsoft is one of the largest technology companies in the world. For this reason, questions about how staff are treated in these facilities are of interest to many people in Sweden.
The new compensation and the investigation raise questions about working conditions in the technology sector. Developments can be followed in future reporting, both from Investigate Europe and from Swedish media.
Sources: Investigate Europe
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