Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Germany: the automotive industry in between reducing reduced working hours and cutting jobs Germany: the automotive industry in between reducing reduced working hours and cutting jobs Germany’s automotive industry is suffering and, according to its companies, does not envisage a return to pre-pandemic production levels before the 2023-2025. Considered too rigid over the long term, many now deem short-time working as no longer being tenable. As such, companies such as ZF Friedrichshafen, Bosch, and Daimler have undertaken to negotiate reduced working hours agreements with the IG Metall union in exchange for job security committments. However, not everyone agrees with this solution, preferring instead Continental’s solution of making major job cuts. For the time being, and despite a new informal summit on 08 September, to which the Chancellor and the main regional politicians and sector employers’ representatives will attend, no new aid measures are to be expected from the government. Through . Published on 08 September 2020 à 16h54 - Update on 08 September 2020 à 16h54 Resources Logistics chains that are struggling to deliver, sharply declining sales, production overcapacity, and a structural transition from the normally aspirated internal combustion engine to the electric engine: “Faced with all this, the automobile is in need of major adjustments in terms of personnel and will not be able to play its traditional role as the locomotive of the German economy,” according to the authors of a German Economic Institute (IW) report on the German automobile industry presented in Cologne on 07 September. This observation and these concerns are currently at the heart of the dialogue between the sector’s social partners.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageNameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels