The current German federal government is a'red-Green' coalition comprising the Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), which came to power after the last general election in September 1998. In 2001, there were four
On 9 November 2001, the upper house of the federal parliament (Bundesrat) passed [1] a law on the realisation of equal opportunities (Gleichstellungsdurchsetzungsgesetz) for employees of the federal civil service and of the federal courts. The law had been debated [2] in the lower house (Bundestag)
In 1999, the IG Metall metalworkers' trade union decided to hold a 'debate on the future' (Zukunftsdebatte [1]), in order to examine the sustainability of its work in respect of both trade union activities and society as a whole, and relating to its programme and its strategic aims and targets. The
On 24 September 2001, the federal government presented a draft bill entitled Job-AQTIV-Gesetz [1] on the reform of labour market policy, which was discussed in parliament (Bundestag) on 15 October 2001. [1] http://www.bundesregierung.de/dokumente/Artikel/ix_56395_1148.htm
In a recent study, the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeits- und Berufsforschung, IAB) of the Federal Employment Service (Bundesanstalt für Arbeit) has analysed the effects of the extension of parental leave entitlement to three years in 1992 ('Erziehungsurlaub. Hilfe zur
On 20 July 2001, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA) and the German Federation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) published a joint declaration on the tripartite national Alliance for Jobs (Bündnis für Arbeit)
In top-level talks on 2 July 2001 between the government and employers' organisations, the parties reached an agreement on the promotion of equal opportunities for women and men in the private sector. Those taking part in the talks were: the Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder; the Federal Minister for
In a sixth round of talks on 25 June 2001, Volkswagen AG (VW AG) and the IG Metall metalworkers' trade union failed to agree on acceptable pay and employment conditions for new jobs to be created at the company's production sites at Wolfsburg and Hannover.
On 21 June 2001, the first collective agreement in the bargaining round for the retail trade was signed in the Hamburg region, in a third set of talks.
On 3 April 2001, the federal board (Bundesvorstand) of the German Federation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) issued a statement [1] on the tripartite national Alliance for Jobs, Training and Competitiveness [2] (Bündnis für Arbeit, Ausbildung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit), launched in