By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor What a week…Impeachment…State of the Union (watch it here)…Iowa! Well, no matter how crazy the politicians make us, free market policy people keep working on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on for this week’s news… The PRO Act is a […]
Tag: labor relations
Ich muss, selbst ohne meinen fuss: Germans go to work sick in “presentism” plague
“Sick to work? Presentism is widespread in Germany” Courtesy of IAB In Germany, many employees go to work despite illness. This has to do with working conditions and fear of job loss. It therefore makes sense to work more towards appropriate health behavior. Illness-related absence from work is a not insignificant problem for the […]
Worker representation on corporate boards boosts investment
“Worker representation in the boardroom increases capital formation” Courtesy of IZA A fundamental question societies face is whether and how to involve stakeholders, in particular workers, in corporate decision-making. Many countries, particularly in continental Europe, grant workers formal authority in firms’ decision-making. Such shared governance or codetermination institutions include worker-elected directors on company boards. […]
Minimum wage hike led to less working time, higher prices in Germany
“Four years statutory minimum wage – an overview of the most important research findings” Courtesy of IAB It was the most radical reform of the German labor market since Agenda 2010: the introduction of the statutory minimum wage in 2015. At that time, science and practice contradicted each other in partly diametrically opposed […]