Hubertus Heil and Nancy Faeser, respectively Germany’s labour and interior ministers, both of the Social Democratic Party, presented in Berlin the broad outline of a jointly drafted bill, which is now in the inter-ministerial consultation phase. The agreement uniting the current governing coalition refers to the need to regulate employee data protection to achieve “legal clarity for employers and employees and effectively protect personal rights”. According to the ministers, the cabinet should
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.