With Germany's coalition government losing its parliamentary majority, bills on areas including pension reform, regulation of the use of artificial intelligence in recruitment and the calculation of working hours are on the back burner. mind RH provides an overview of these bills, which were supposed to have an impact on the world of work and HR but have now been abandoned.
On the evening of 6 November, the decision by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack the finance minister Christian Lindner, of the liberal Free Democratic Party, prompted the departure of liberal ministers from the government and the break-up of Berlin’s governing coalition. The timetable is now as follows: Chancellor Scholz will ask for a vote of confidence on 16 December, with the firm expectation he will lose.
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Thomas Schnee
Correspondent in Germany
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.