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Germany poised to lift cap on eight-hour workday

Draft law to provide more flexibility as government bids to modernise working time legislation

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Freya Gilbert
Deputy Editor

Germany’s coalition government is looking to abolish strict guardrails around the eight-hour workday, instead introducing a maximum weekly limit under a new draft law expected to be published

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