Mother BonesApr 16

Europa wyd. The sociopolitical influence is flowing the wrong way, you're not supposed to go further down the USA route! ☹

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/germany-already-told-workers-ditch-070500839.html

Germany already told its workers to ditch four-day weeks and work-life balance. Now the government wants to cut their pay for calling in sick, too

Germany already told its workers to ditch four-day weeks and work-life balance. Now the government wants to cut their pay for calling in sick, too.

Yahoo News
Show threadMarcin CieślakApr 16

@_L1vY_

what a shitty title ... there is no four-day week in Germany that is about to be "ditched".

What I suppose is meant here that [switching from five-day-week to] "a four-day-week", as some would like to, "will not be enough to maintain our country’s current level of prosperity in the future"

@vfrmedia

Show threadMother BonesApr 16

@saper @vfrmedia

Oh they are not currently doing a 4-day week? The article implies that. (Aside from the sick day issue)

Show threadMarcin CieślakApr 16
@_L1vY_ @vfrmedia No, there is no general regulation making a 4-day week for everyone.
Show threadMother BonesApr 16

@saper @vfrmedia

And not an informal one either

Show threadMarcin Cieślak

@_L1vY_ @vfrmedia

I'd recommend a decent backgrounder that German Wikipedia seems to have

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Tage-Woche#4-Tage-Woche_in_der_Praxis

There is a possibility to ask the employer to reduce the number of the working hours, but that means going part time and the pay is reduced accordingly.

4-Tage-Woche – Wikipedia

Apr 16 at 7:21pmWeb