Germany’s Minimum Wage Hike In Accordance With The European Minimum Wage Directive
Germany’s wage commission sets a new course, linking pay floor to EU benchmark after years of modest rises.
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Germany’s Subcontracting Ban in the Meat Industry
A landmark German law has drastically improved working conditions in the meat industry.
EU Minimum Wage Directive Before the European Court of Justice: It’s Not All Over Now…
EU’s minimum wage directive is under threat.
Germany’s Minimum Wage Controversy: Will the EU Directive Be Enforced?
The EU pushes for a 60 per cent median wage standard—yet Germany resists. What’s at stake for fair wages?
Not done yet—applying the minimum-wages directive
The directive has already changed the landscape on setting minimum wages and extending collective bargaining.
Minimum-wages directive—history in the making
The directive fundamentally strengthens collective bargaining and trade union power.
Germany on the way to adequate minimum wages
The hike to €12 is also a strong signal on the planned European minimum-wages directive.
More ambitious European minimum-wages directive demanded
The European Parliament has upped the ante, beyond a European Commission proposal, on a minimum-wages directive.
An end to wage-dumping in the German meat industry?
The German meat industry is being pushed off its low road of migrant-labour exploitation towards regulation and potential collective agreement.
Minimum-wage directive: yes, but …
The draft minimum-wage directive is a crucial first step but more needs to follow on the way to a social Europe.
The European minimum wage will come—but how?
The principle of a European minimum wage is established. How it should be set is not.
Why Won’t Wages In Europe Rise As They Should?
The economic mainstream is perplexed: growth is finally taking hold across Europe, economic forecasts have been revised upwards, and employment is expanding. The only indicator
The European Social Pillar – Towards An EU Minimum Wage Policy?
On 26 April, the European Commission launched its proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as a flagship initiative to strengthen the EU’s
Greek Collective Bargaining After The Third Memorandum
The radical restructuring of Greek collective bargaining was right from the beginning one of the core demands of the Troika of the European Commission, the
Preconditions For Successful Implementation Of The New Minimum Wage In Germany
It is just a few weeks since the minimum wage was introduced in Germany, but it is already becoming quite clear that its implementation in