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social dumping

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noun

  1. the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment

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"We want to rule out any form of social dumping and exploitation," Heil was quoted as saying by Bild.

From Reuters

"I'm afraid this will end up as state-supported social dumping, sending people into crazy jobs," she told broadcaster TV2.

From BBC

“We do not want any social dumping.”

From Reuters

Attempts to circumvent existing employment law protections simply constitute a form of social dumping, even as Uber's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, decried the lack of flexibility in current labor law as denying workers the freedoms to choose the way they work and when they do it.

From Salon

“If we create a framework for a minimum income, it will have an impact on all salaries, and it will also be useful in the fight against social dumping.”

From Seattle Times