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Morning Briefing Podcast: G20: Die USA führen die Europäer vor / Sozialabgaben: Unaufhaltsam Richtung 50 Prozent

Beim G20-Finanzministertreffen trifft die alte Welt auf Trumps Machtshow – und muss sich mit dem Finanzier des Ukrainekriegs auseinandersetzen. Womöglich nicht der letzte Schlag.

Morning Briefing Podcast: G20: Die USA führen die Europäer vor / Sozialabgaben: Unaufhaltsam Richtung 50 Prozent

Good morning readers, in the past, when someone fell ill, they would visit the doctor in the morning and return to work as soon as possible. Today, however, if someone is ill, they check their schedule in the morning and are delighted to receive a continued salary during their absence. Is this too polemical? Then I have a proposal: As the Minister of Labor, one could initiate a fact-based debate on this issue.

After all, there is a problem with increasing sick leave. However, one could also do what Bärbel Bas did. On the weekend, she addressed the topic of sick leave in order to provoke a new kerfuffle within the coalition. Responding to the coalition's planned attestation requirement for employees starting from the first sick day, Bas said to her colleagues from the Funke Media Group: Unfortunately, Bas did not explain what would be a sensible solution to the problem, leaving it up to the audience to ponder: The Minister of Labor wants to ignore the problem.

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