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What the crisis is costing Germany
Container, gas pipe, groceries Substantial loss of purchasing power. (Photo: AP, Bloomberg, dpa) Berlin For Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), the grim economic consequences of the Ukraine war were…
What the crisis is costing Germany
Container, gas pipe, groceries Substantial loss of purchasing power. (Photo: AP, Bloomberg, dpa) Berlin For Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), the grim economic consequences of the Ukraine war were…
Works council: Experienced and male – these are German works councils
Berlin German law gives works councils a lot of power: they help with imminent dismissals or bullying and help determine the organization of working hours, payment principles, the introduction of…
Purchasing power of pay scale employees falls by a record 4.7 percent
metal industry In the current year there were also high wage agreements in large industrial sectors such as the chemical or metal and electrical industry. (Photo: Photothek/Getty Images) Berlin Tariff…
A third of the employees want to leave the industry
Tap system in a restaurant Many restaurants are introducing additional days off or leaving seats vacant due to staff shortages. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Oliver Riek has worked in top gastronomy…
Partly double-digit collective bargaining demands – is there a threat of a wage-price spiral?
Berlin IG Metall is demanding eight percent more money in the metal and electrical industry, 10.5 percent are demanded by Verdi and the civil service association for the public sector.…
How to find out if your salary is reasonable
man at the laptop The question of whether a salary is reasonable is not easy to answer, experts say. (Photo: Unsplash/ Christian Velitchkov) Berlin A fair or, at best, above-average…
The federal government urgently needs to relieve the middle class
The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher, told the German Press Agency: “The best instrument is direct transfer payments such as energy money of 100…
Sharp criticism of Söder’s “anti-social” proposals
Berlin CSU boss Markus Söder calls for comprehensive relief for citizens in view of inflation and the energy crisis. In the “Bild am Sonntag”, the Bavarian Prime Minister spoke out…
Karl Lauterbach wants to relieve nursing
Karl Lauterbach Lauterbach first announced the project two weeks ago before the conference of health ministers in Magdeburg. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to counteract the…
The state absorbs up to 90 percent of the additional burden
At the supermarket checkout Consumers currently have to pay significantly more for energy and food in particular than they did months ago. (Photo: dapd) Berlin The federal government’s relief packages…
German labor costs are rising more slowly than the EU average
Production of wind turbines In the manufacturing sector, Germany has the fourth highest labor costs in an EU comparison, behind Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
German labor costs are rising more slowly than the EU average
Production of wind turbines In the manufacturing sector, Germany has the fourth highest labor costs in an EU comparison, behind Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Holiday pay: Employees with tariff benefit benefit
Vacationers in beach chairs on Sylt Not every employee receives holiday pay. The amount also varies greatly from industry to industry. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Some already have it in their…
Labor market is on the way to new employment records
Berlin War in the Ukraine, problems in the supply chain, rising inflation – none of this has affected the German labor market so far. The employment records, which were only…
Reddit is pulling the plug on the “antiwork” movement for now
Logo of the social network Reddit The members of the platform have already influenced stock prices together, and now they want to change the world of work. (Photo: mauritius images…