Overview
- DHL has publicly urged lawmakers to set a statutory maximum parcel weight of 23 kilograms to reduce physical strain on delivery staff.
- Under current German rules standard parcels may weigh up to 31.5 kilograms, so a 23‑kg cap would remove many heavier items from regular parcel networks.
- If adopted, packages over 23 kg would need freight or specialist carriers, a change likely to complicate logistics and increase shipping costs for private and business customers.
- Separately, DHL is expanding its Ergo² prevention program after a two‑year pilot, rolling the ergonomics training and on‑site physiotherapy out to about 150 Post & Paket Deutschland locations.
- The 23‑kg proposal revives discussions from earlier Postgesetz reform talks that considered similar limits or two‑person delivery rules but did not implement a general reduction.