German businesses adapt to new minimum wage

[Article] Launched at the start of this year, Germany's national minimum wage of 8 euros 50 should mean an initial boost in income for almost 4 million people. Some sectors will benefit from a transition period, before the measure is extended across the entire economy in 2017. For German businesses, the reform has called for a period of adjustment.

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Eight euros fifty an hour. After a long national debate, since the 1st of January this year Germans have been at last been entitled to a minimum wage.At this Berlin restaurant, contracts had to be redrawn for the thirteen staff members who work during the winter months.Cathy Waltmann has been working...
This article was published Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 by AFP
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German businesses adapt to new minimum wage


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