Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christiane Schoenefeld (R), Chair of the Minimum Wage Commission, Steffen Kampeter (C), Managing Director of the Confederation of ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's minimum wage is set to rise by about 14% over the next 18 months under an agreement that appears to defuse a potentially divisive issue for the new government. A commission in ...

Unfortunately, Germany’s wage policies still rely on arbitrary reference values – not on workers’ actual needs. For example, the poverty line set at 60% of median income is used across Europe, ...

BERLIN (AP) – The German Parliament’s upper house has voted to introduce a mandatory national minimum wage, a challenge by the country’s opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government ahead of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The hourly minimum wage for workers in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, will rise in two stages to 14.60 euros ($17) by 2027 from 12.82 euros, the cabinet agreed on Wednesday. The ...

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's minimum wage is set to rise by about 14 percent over the next 18 months under an agreement that appears to defuse a potentially divisive issue for the new government. A ...