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Tikino lived in the cab of the truck.
My name is Sidikkhoja Aripkhodjaev, I am a citizen of Uzbekistan. For the past 9 months, I have been working as a driver for UAB Hegelmann Transport (Lithuania), according to the letter, which I believe was also sent to the Lithuanian police, wrote the Uzbek who worked for the company.
The man said he had worked for the company for the past 9 months through May with almost no stopping and resting, and that he had traveled the entire time in the cab of the truck.
“Most of the drivers at Hegelmann Transport are citizens of Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The employer (Grupo Hegelmann) does not provide rest to its employees who are on the road. Drivers are forced to live in their own trucks, which constitutes a serious violation of European Union labor laws.
Employees constantly cook and rest inside the trucks. They do not have the opportunity to bathe, wash their clothes when traveling in Europe.
The Hegelmann group is falsifying documents that allegedly show drivers sleeping in hotels (dorms), “the Uzbek employee explained, assuring them that the company would hand them over to drivers so they could show them to the European police if requested.
The man sent the aforementioned accommodation confirmations to Delfi. They claimed that Uzbek Sidikkhoja Aripkhodjaev stayed on one of the rest bases on certain dates. The editorial office of these documents received more than one.
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“However, this is major police fraud and document forgery, forcing drivers to sleep inside trucks because the Hegelmann Group does not meet all of its requirements for driver work and rest,” says the letter.
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After contacting the driver, he clarified that he had filed a request with the Lithuanian Police, the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Interior Ministry for massive labor violations and falsification of documents, but had received responses from the State Labor Inspectorate.
The man shared several videos with Delfi.
In one of them you can see images of a room where drivers rest in Lithuania between trips. They are said to have been filmed on May 25.
“The length of the room is 5 meters, the width is 3 meters,” he says in the registry, calculating that there are 8 drivers living in the room. In the next room, the same number of occupants also counts.
It is true, as it is claimed, the man no longer works in this company today, he was fired and evicted from the hostel.
Hegelmann falsified my signature in his resignation letter. The Lithuanian police are now investigating the problem of forging my signature. I am currently at home in Uzbekistan, “he explained.
The man said the company had not paid him the full salary, but would not leave it at that and that he plans to go to court. The company promised him 2.6 thousand. Eur per month, but during the nine months he worked there he received only 600 Eur. Uzbek said that one of the Lithuanian unions is currently helping him calculate the damage suffered.
The editorial board also addressed the Lithuanian police with a comment, but stated that it was unable to provide information.
Delfi contacted company representatives. Agnė Ambrazevičienė, marketing specialist at UAB Hegelmann Transport, rated the information on driver rest and misleading accommodation.
“We will not comment further on the situation as certain authorities have been contacted to spread misleading and incorrect information about the company,” he said.
Representatives of the State Labor Inspection (VDI) assured that on June 9, the institution launched an investigation into the UAB Hegelmann Transporte company. It is explained that it started with the work and rest time and the accommodation conditions of the employees.
“The inspection revealed that the company does not carry out regular inspections of the driving, working and resting regime of drivers to ensure specific work and rest requirements in the field of road transport, as well as the provisions of the relevant Community regulations. European “. Requirements have been developed for the company to correct the identified violations.
VDI does not have the ability to verify information on the 45-hour weekly rest provided to drivers in foreign countries, “VDI representatives said.
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