Tag: Working hours
Is the end of the 40-hour week approaching for workers?
Early off the job More and more people want a shorter working week to have more time for relaxation and family. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin Working less, more free time…
Is the end of the 40-hour week approaching for workers?
Early off the job More and more people want a shorter working week to have more time for relaxation and family. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin Working less, more free time…
ECJ judgment could fuel the debate
Berlin The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will deal with the minimum rest periods of employees in a Hungarian case on Thursday. The topic is also controversial in Germany, albeit…
We need more work instead of work-life balance
employment in old age In order to save the pension system, we must above all work longer. (Photo: imago images/MASKOT) Nothing is defended as vehemently in Germany as one’s own…
Controls and penalties – how Spain enforces timekeeping
Yolanda Diaz The Spanish Minister of Labor punishes violations of the timekeeping with fines. (Photo: imago images/Agencia EFE) Madrid Spain’s communist labor minister, Yolanda Díaz, relies on deterrence: recently, in…
Why a four-day week also makes entrepreneurs happy
financial district in London Early conclusion: Britons would prefer to work only four days a week. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) London “Dad is mine on Saturdays.” That was the motto used…
This column could have been a meeting
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I recently read in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” how to organize meetings properly. An estimate by the scheduling platform…
Reader debate: Should the home office remain?
working at home Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more people have been working from home. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf More and more corona rules are falling away. As far…
Which concrete tricks help managers in crises
Julia Beil and Charlotte Haunhorst (r.) Dusseldorf “These strategies will get you through the multi-crisis” – that was the headline of a weekend newspaper in the Handelsblatt. The mere fact…
Dax companies use the trend and save on the offices
Deutsche Bank headquarters The bank wants to reduce around 40 percent of its office space in Frankfurt. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt In the new world of work, Deutsche…
Corporations save on offices because of home office
Deutsche Bank headquarters The bank wants to reduce around 40 percent of its office space in Frankfurt. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt In the new world of work, Deutsche…
Corporations save on offices because of home office
Deutsche Bank headquarters The bank wants to reduce around 40 percent of its office space in Frankfurt. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt In the new world of work, Deutsche…
What you should consider when working part-time in 2023
Does that prove the triumph of part-time work? Not quite. Because the trigger for the insurance experiment was that part-time workers felt partially left behind. They saw fewer role models…
The shortage of skilled workers is getting worse – according to the study, immigration is not enough
Cologne The shortage of skilled workers in Germany will continue to worsen in many areas in the coming years – especially in sales, in daycare centers, social work and hospitals.…
Skilled labor shortage continues to decline
Cologne The shortage of skilled workers in Germany will continue to worsen in many areas in the coming years – especially in sales, daycare centers, social work and hospitals. This…
“We bureaucratize ourselves in pajamas”
The author Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. Year after year, a bizarre spectacle takes place in German companies. Millions of employees are asked by their HR departments to…
Labor shortages: A part-time economy
Almost 40 years ago, the fight for shorter working hours served one goal in particular: the feared massive job cuts should be prevented. The trade unions in the metal and…
More money and more home office
Frankfurt banking skyline The Verdi union has agreed on a new collective agreement with state and development banks and some savings banks. There is more money and agreements to work…
How the modern world of work comes to the factory
Production at Continental At the Regensburg plant, Continental relies on new methods for shift planning. Cologne Agile New Work in the offices, but fixed shift schedules in the factory? Ariane…
The return to the office has been canceled for the time being
Alone in the office Despite the end of the home office obligation, many companies are only slowly opening their offices. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) As of this week, there is no…