Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Germany: IG Metall shelves four-day week demand Germany: IG Metall shelves four-day week demand As the new government's stance in favour of greater flexibility and longer working hours for German workers fuels a growing debate, the IG Metall trade union has announced that it is shelving its basic demand for a four-day week, to take account of the difficult situation facing industrial companies. In the service sector, however, reducing working hours remains a key demand. By Thomas Schnee. Published on 28 May 2025 à 14h25 - Update on 28 May 2025 à 16h04 Resources IG Metall, Germany’s largest and most influential trade union, announced on 27 May through its chair Christiane Benner that it was temporarily withdrawing the four-day week from its list of collective demands. Included for the first time in 2023 for negotiations in the steel industry, this demand has yet to prove successful.… Thomas Schnee Four-day working week Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
