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Minimum wage impacts taxi companies

December 29, 2014

It's not an easy time to be a taxi company in Germany.

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There's increasing competition from car sharing apps and driving services. And beginning on the first of January, taxi companies will have to pay their drivers a new minimum wage: 8 euros fifty an hour. And most say they'll hike their prices in response.