Germany's economy shrank for the second year in a row in 2024, preliminary figures released today showed, just weeks before a crucial snap election. The Federal Statistics Office said today that ...

Germany is now “the world champion when it comes to sick days,” according to Oliver Bäte, the boss of Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer. In an interview with Handelsblatt, a newspaper, Mr Bäte called ...

Many agree that the trend is weighing on Germany at a time the country’s woes, from a manufacturing slowdown to weak demand for its exports, have led some to once again dub it “the sick man of ...

The TK, one of Germany's major statutory health insurers, reported a record average of 14.13 sick days among its covered workers in the first nine months of 2024. Data from the OECD shows that ...

Now, businesses in Germany are calling for the abolishing of sick pay on the first day of symptoms. When the Federal Statistical Office reported in January, that the average number of sick days ...

Rising sick leave rates may be bad news for German companies at a time the economy is already ailing — but for private eye Marcus Lentz, it has been a boon for his business. He is seeing a ...

Many agree that the trend is weighing on Germany at a time the country's woes, from a manufacturing slowdown to weak demand for its exports, have led some to once again dub it "the sick man of ...