French prosecutors have charged Ryanair with illegal working practices after the Irish budget airline declared 120 employees in France as working in Ireland, a justice source said Tuesday. The charges, brought on Monday, relate to several labour laws including those banning concealed employment, preventing workplace councils from operating and preventing access to unions, the source said.
Employees living in France should be declared in France, say the unions who lodged the legal complaint. Ryanair has its French hub in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, with four aircraft. He said at the time that Ryanair's 120 employees in Marseille pay their taxes, social security and pension payments in Ireland "in conformity with European law."