Germany: Eurofound’s study on working time revived the debate on “worsening” working conditions

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16 September 2008 à 12h35

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Publication: 16 September 2008 à 12h35

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According to the European foundation for improved working and living conditions, German people work much longer than we thought. Armed with this observation, the Confederation of German trade unions (DGB) wants to actively fight the extension of working time combined with the boom in atypical jobs. (Ref. 080693)

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“The trend of extended working time must be reversed” said Michael Sommer, DGB leader. “Extended working time prevents employment from developing, which is an obstacle to family life and is also dangerous for health” he told the Die Welt daily. Officially, the average collectively-agreed work week is 37.6 hours. This figure doesn’t include actual working time since it doesn’t take account of overtime and working time performed in companies which are not concerned by industry-wide collective agr

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