Overview

• Rainer Dulger, president of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, proposes increasing weekly working hours to 40 for more employees.
• Germany's average weekly working hours in 2023 were 34.3, according to the Federal Statistical Office.
• Dulger argues that current productivity levels have stagnated despite a larger workforce compared to 20 years ago.
• He emphasizes the need for more full-day schools and childcare options to enable parents to work longer hours if desired.
• Dulger also calls for tax incentives to make additional work more financially rewarding for employees.