Overview

• Stefan Wolf leads Gesamtmetall and bankrolls the pro-business Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft while publicly championing greater work effort.
• Prosecutors allege he employed a household helper for several years without registering her or paying mandatory social security levies.
• At the request of the Staatsanwaltschaft Tübingen, the Amtsgericht Bad Urach issued a Strafbefehl citing 28 counts of withholding and embezzling wages.
• Wolf has filed an objection to the order, securing his right to a court hearing and upholding the presumption of innocence.
• The forthcoming trial will test Germany’s labor law enforcement and carries reputational stakes for employer associations.