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Easyjet has been under investigation here in France since 2006 |
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when an inspection of their operations at Paris Orly airport |
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showed they'd failed to register |
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170 employees to the French authorities. |
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The budget airline is accused of breaking strict labour laws |
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and is now being pursued by the state prosecutor |
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for millions of euros in unpaid social security |
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and health insurance contributions. |
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The budget airline insists |
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that its staff were hired under British contracts |
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and therefore were not subject to French rules. |
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Orly airport, it claims, |
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was merely a rest area for its workers |
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and it was the planes themselves, |
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and not France that served as their workplaces. |
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The French authorities point out however |
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that most of the Easyjet staff lived |
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and paid their taxes in France |
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and many were working solely on internal flights between Paris and Nice. |