The trade speaks for a weekly instead of daily maximum working hours.
A corresponding proposal from the exploratory agreement between the Union and SPD “we think very good,” said the President of the Germany (HDE), Alexander von Preen, the newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe. “And not only we employers: inside. Our employees also want more flexibility,” said Preen.
The daily limitation of working hours to a weekly would also be a contribution to the reconciliation of family and work. “That would be a win-win situation. (…) Especially since the proposal corresponds to EU law. So it is time that we finally fully exploit these scope in Germany.”
Longer opening times also in non-food trading
He was not for the fact that all shops are open until 10 p.m. or midnight, said Preen. “For non-food trade, it is important to have opened when the frequency is in the cities-that is, when there are many people there.” But that varies from place to place. The food trade is already handling this in many places.
According to the Working Hours Act, the working hours of work may not usually exceed eight hours. The Union and SPD had announced in their exploratory paper that in accordance with the European working time directive, they would create the possibility of a weekly instead of a daily maximum working hours in the Working Hours Act.