E. Europe's low costs erode Germans' 35-hour workweek
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FRANKFURT The terms were stark: Work five more hours a week - without pay - in exchange for not moving thousands of jobs to Hungary.
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Many British people fail to relax at weekends, despite working some of the longest hours in Europe, researchers have said.
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German opposition and industry leaders are calling for a longer working week instead of the idea of scrapping public holidays to help boost the country's sluggish economy.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, a move critics say will dismantle France's legally mandated 35-hour work week.
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From assembly lines to retail counters, these are bitter and confusing days for German workers.
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Britain's guidelines on working hours infringe European Union law that gives employees the right to minimum daily and weekly rest periods, Europe's highest court has ruled.
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Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Germany's monthly jobless total for September reaches its lowest point for nearly 15 years.
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Weekly wages for rank-and-file workers fell because companies reduced the average length of the workweek.
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European consumers are borrowing and spending less because of rising unemployment, causing a slowdown in the region's US$10 trillion economy.
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Airbus  is considering  extending its workweek to 40 hours from 35 hours without  compensation as part of the European planemaker's restructuring  plans, German magazine Focus reported.
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The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc&#39;s maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an &quot;opt-out&quot; to the law.
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Germany sees another decline in its birth rate, which is the lowest in Europe.
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Leading presidential hopeful Segolene Royal described France's controversial 35-hour work week -- one of the shortest in Europe -- as a major step forward, adding that any revisions to the law must be negotiated with unions.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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As Europe&#39;s workers take a few weeks of  holiday this summer, their American colleagues will be lucky to  get a few days off work, says a report published by the  European Trade Union Institute.