Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz attacks application of due diligence law

At a meeting with German employers on 22 October, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party, announced his intention to water down the German law on the due diligence, which has only been in force since this year for companies with more than 1,000 employees (2023 for those with more than 3,000). He promised adjustments before the end of the year, with the aim of lightening the “bureaucratic burden” of the law, in the face of complaints from employers’ organisations of a “com