Wage dumping is forbidden - people who work full time should be able to live on what they earn. That's what the German government decided, and it introduced a statutory minimum wage of €8.50 an hour, effective as of the beginning of this year. What will happen now? Will companies pay it and raise their prices to cover the cost? Or will they resort to trickery? Made in Germany investigates. A report by Marion Hütter.

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