Germany is the number one non-English speaking destination for migrant workers, according to a global study. But which nationalities are keenest on Germany and where do Germans want work?
How long should an intern work for without being paid? At least eight months, according to a ruling by a court in western Germany last week. JobTalk looks at the warning signs for abusive internships.
UPDATE: Deutsche Bahn trains are chugging along again after a 50-hour train strike cost the service "tens of millions" and brought travel headaches across the country, leaving millions of passengers struggling for transportation over the weekend as well as at least one mass brawl in its tracks.
Pilots' union Cockpit announced on Thursday that talks with Lufthansa over early retirement provisions had crashed and warned a new wave of strikes could be expected in Germany with immediate effect.
Women in Germany are still underrepresented in leadership jobs and among professors, a new government report said on Wednesday. They are also paid less and remain unlikely to study science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
One in five employees in Germany chose to work through their legally granted breaks, according to a recent study. Ten percent of those surveyed claimed to rarely or never take a break at work, while 20 percent reported shortening their downtime. Are we too busy for breaks?
Germany is gaining foreign talent from its economic rivals, according to a study from LinkedIn, as more skilled professionals choose to migrate to the country. But which industries are they working in and what characteristics do the share?
German lawmakers approved on Friday a major pensions overhaul, criticised by many, including within Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, as making little economic sense in a rapidly ageing country.
Germany's average hourly labour cost was €31.70 in 2013, giving it the seventh highest rate among the 28 EU countries - and its costs are rising faster than the European average.
The number of vacant positions in Germany reached a 10-year record high, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office published on Saturday by the <i>Bild</i> newspaper.
Shift workers in the public sector have no right to public holidays if they are scheduled to work - they must take a holiday day if they want to have the time off, a German labour court ruled on Tuesday.
A survey into Germany's rich and poor shows that while Germany as a whole may have escaped the worst of Europe's debt crisis, many of its citizens have not.
Fleeing rising unemployment, people from Greece and Spain poured into Germany last year, fuelling the highest rise in immigration for 16 years, data released by the Federal Statistics Office on Wednesday showed.
Germany has Europe’s most efficient workers and their productivity has increased largely because wages have not kept up, data released Monday from the Federal Statistics Office showed.
German sportswear giant Adidas came under pressure on Saturday after a British newspaper reported that its London 2012 Olympics clothing was being manufactured "in sweatshop conditions in Indonesia."
The healthcare industry could create tens of thousands of new jobs this year, the German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry said in a report published on Tuesday.
German youth unemployment figures are expected to fall to their lowest levels since the country's reunification in the coming months, according to a Saturday news report.
One in four people in Germany who lose their jobs have paid so little into the generous social security system that they go straight onto the lowest possible level of support.
Germany needs to make it easier for skilled workers to move there – and be more friendly to them – to get the professionals needed to keep the country running, a new report says.
Just two days before German university hospital doctors were due to go on strike, negotiators have broken the deadlock and both sides agreed on a pay rise for around 20,000 doctors in several German states.
A soaring number of Germans are working in so-called “mini-jobs,” according to official figures that show another side to the booming economy, media reported Tuesday.
