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Coalition Proposes Ban on Phone Sick Notes with In‑Person Certificate from January 2027

The government says the change aims to cut rising absenteeism to lift Germany’s competitiveness.

Merz Announces 34-Point Economic Reform Package That Ends Phone Sick Notes

Hungary Halts New Guest-Worker Permits

Trump Delays Executive Order That Would Have Opened Federal Review of Advanced AI

Klingbeil Rejects €12 Billion Shift of Bürgergeld Health Costs as Government Weighs Sick-Pay Cuts

Congress Condemns Draft Labour Policy's Manusmriti Citation After Public Feedback Window Closes

Finance Ministry Advisers Urge Germany to Drop Tax-Free Overtime Bonus Plan

Germany’s CDU Proposes Tax-Exempt ‘Aktivrente’ as Work Culture and CO2 Pricing Divide Leaders

German Government Advances Plan to Replace Eight-Hour Workday with Weekly Hour Cap

Conservative MP Jamil Jivani Pushes to End Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Germany to Extend Short-Time Work Benefits to Address Economic Challenges

Trump Nominates Pro-Union Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary