Two summit meetings took place this week in Berlin. Despite pressures from some economic sectors and its "social" wing, the conservative party is still refusing an agreement on the introduction of a branch minimum wage. Only an agreement on the definition of "illegal wage" and a "combined" wage program for young unemployed people will come into being. (Ref. 070293)
Expected for the end of 2006, the reform of the low-wages sector is still taking a long time coming. On Monday, March 26, 2007, it was the Minister of the Economy, Michael Glos’ (CSU) and the Minister of Employment and Social Affairs, Franz Müntefering’s (SPD) turn to meet with representatives from both parties to try and find a political compromise on the central issue of the creation of a minimum wage, non-existent until now in Germany: “it is when you come close to an agreement that difficul
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