Ryanair has been charged by French prosecutors with illegal working practices after declaring 120 employees in France as working in Ireland.
Unions lodged the complaint against the airline, saying that employees living in France should be declared in France.
Ryanair has a hub at Marseille airport in France where it bases four of its aircraft and employs French workers, but the airline is accused of paying the staff’s taxes, social security and pension payments in Ireland.
Ryanair had earlier threatened to pull out of Marseille if the unions took it to court.
By Linsey McNeill
