Blume suggested a number of options to cut labour costs, including cutting holidays to increasing annual working hours, or increasing weekly working hours without any compensation in pay.

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    12 days ago

    Before you all grab your forks and pitchforks, keep in mind that in Germany a workday is 7 hours (now you can grab 'em).

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      12 days ago

      Even if it was less… No pay for extra work is no pay for extra work. No matter how long the work was initially.

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      12 days ago

      It’s 8. Although in some industries unions brought that down to 7 (as is the case here)