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Is Germany's eight-hour workday under threat?

Finnish biotechnology company UPM has built a biorefinery producing wood-based chemicals in Leuna, Germany, and is hiring workers there. One chemical technician vacancy requires willingness to work 12-hour shifts, raising questions about whether such shifts comply with German working-time rules.
Among them is the Finnish biotechnology group UPM, which has recently built a biorefinery for wood-based chemicals in Leuna.
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