Employers' President - Dulger Insists on Maximum Weekly Working Time - DGB Against
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Employer President Rainer Dulger calls for more flexible working hours. The DGB warns against an attack on the eight-hour day and longer working days.
The coalition plans a flexible weekly working time instead of a daily maximum working time. Trade unions warn of the consequences of the reform.
Employers' president Dulger insists on a maximum weekly working time in Germany. Almost everywhere the margins of the European Working Time Directive would be used, only in this country would not be used, said Dulger of the German Press Agency.
The dispute about working time continues bitterly: "The law came from the era of Telex and Wahlscheibe, employer president Dulger scolds. The unions see in the new plan a "return to the 19th century".
The eight-hour day is being tested. Employers are pushing for flexibility, trade unions are warning of a "return to the 19th century".
Rainer Dulger hopes that this will reduce sick leave and make comparisons with other EU countries. He is also in favour of taking steps against abuse in the event of incapacity for work.
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