Mercedes Wants Employees To Work Hundreds Of Extra Hours For Free
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Employees at Mercedes-Benz have to prepare for the end of the 35-hour week.
Mercedes must save: For the time being, the Group is moving a special payment to its employees. In the future, they should also work more - for the same wage.
The Mercedes Executive Board wants to »procedures radically accelerate«, i.e. to save costs. The fact that the employees support the plans is a matter of fairness, it says.
The crisis-ridden car manufacturer wants to push the costs further. For the employees in Germany, a special payment will be cancelled for the time being. However, this should only be the beginning.
It could become a precedent for German industry: Mercedes-Benz demands more work from its employees – for the same wage. The works council speaks of a "serious situation".
High costs and weak shops put pressure on Mercedes. The car manufacturer therefore postpones a special tariff payment to the employees and wants to talk about longer working hours without wage compensation. The current situation calls the company "dramatic".
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