AWO proposes bundling social benefits and an employment booster to simplify Germany’s welfare and reduce poverty....
Germany’s climate policy faces criticism over social fairness as low-income households struggle with rising costs and access to subsidies....
Historic low Rhine water levels threaten shipping, causing route disruption and economic challenges for logistics reliant on inland waterways....
Germany's coalition plans stricter sick leave rules requiring medical certificates from day one, impacting expats and workers....
Germany abolishes telephone sick notes: medical certificates now required from day one of illness....
Germany's Bundestag debates pension reform focused on capital pensions, with key impacts for expats and foreign workers....
Germany’s new pension reform aims to stabilize retirement benefits, impacting expats with higher contributions and maintained eligibility rules....
The German government pledges full rollout of 33 pension reform proposals affecting retirement age and contributions....
Germany's Pflegereform faces sharp criticism for pension cuts affecting caregivers, raising concerns for expats and families....
Germany plans to cut housing allowance funding by two billion euros, affecting one-third of current Wohngeld recipients....
