Businesses want to cut sick pay in Germany
by editors@theworld.org (Sarah Birnbaum) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6VXGR)
In Germany, employees miss an average of 20 days a year because of illness - a whole lot more than in the rest of the EU. Businesses see a direct link between that and the generosity of the country's mandated sick pay system. The World's Sarah Birnbaum has more on the debate over sick pay raging in Germany.