{
  "id": 435198,
  "title": "Within ten years: Minimum wage fraud: DGB calculates 64 billion euros in damages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/binnen-zehn-jahren-mindestlohn-betrug-dgb-berechnet-64-milliarden",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T03:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/binnen-zehn-jahren-mindestlohn-betrug-dgb-berechnet-64-milliarden-euro-schaden/100246108.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The statutory minimum wage of currently 13.90 euros basically applies without exception. But often tricks are used to reduce earnings. The German Trade Union Confederation has recalculated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}