On Wednesday, the German Federal Cabinet approved significant amendments to the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG). The government plans to exempt companies subject to the law (those with more than 1,000 employees) from certain documentation requirements. Germany’s labour ministry, which presented the bill, said that checks would not be applied as strictly as before. “We are rapidly implementing the coalition agreement in order to further ease the burden on companies. At the same time, we ar
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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.