A new debate on working time. Has the proliferation of smartphones and other similar electronic devices facilitated more flexibility in terms of working time or has it instead led to interminable work? This new technological wave has re-ignited Germany’s debate over working time. One of the inputs to the debate and an element enabling stakeholders implement appropriate measures came in the form of a representative study carried out on approximately 20,000 employees by the Social Affairs Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin – BAuA), within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Labour, the results of which were presented on 10 October in the form of its ‘2016 report on working time’.
Germany: 2016 working time report published
Germany’s federal agency, the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has published its ‘2016 report on working time’, which studied working time across the country including flexible working time and how it affects workers’ health. The report revealed that more than a third of part-time workers would like to work longer. Employment Minister Andrea Nahles (SPD) announced she would present a draft law that will instigate the right to return to full time work for those working on a part-time basis.
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