Peter Simmel, Chairman of the Edeka Supervisory Board and owner of 32 Edeka grocery stores in southeast Germany, has been accused of spying on employees. According to Focus magazine, private investigators were ordered to police sick staff at their homes and to search private cars after the employees' shifts. Simmel refused the accusations saying that there had been only one single incidence in which a car was searched.
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Wal-Mart supplier factories in China feature abusive conditions in violation of the retailer’s own “basic” standards, a labour report showed on Wednesday. Workers making shoes, Christmas lights, tools, curtains and paper boxes sold at Wal-Mart stores endure "illegal and degrading conditions," New York-based China Labor Watch said, based on its probe.
The group's investigation of five Wal-Mart supplier factories reveals that "not a single factory has implemented ...
Castorama, Darty and Intermarché have been named as some of the nine retailers being taken to court by the French government for abusive practices with negotiations with suppliers. The DGCCRF (Ministry for Competition, Consumption and Anti-Fraud) has already found that Carrefour, Casino, Auchan, Leclerc, Cora and Système U, have engaged in improper conduct with suppliers. The nine retailers will have to attend commercial tribunals in Evry, Bobigny, Créteil, Lille, and Meaux ...
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