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 On the anniversary of the Russian war of aggression 

German government must stop trilogue result on EU wage transparency directive

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Steffen Kampeter, Chief Executive Officer


Employers implement their respective protective measures professionally and consistently . Since the Corona pandemic, safety and health in the workplace have become one of the most important factors for the business viability of companies.


Issue 4/23:
Dare more sustainability & social progress


Instead of more sustainability and social progress, bureaucracy and control madness are being promoted, warns BDA Chief Executive Steffen Kampeter in the Viewpoint of the current issue. School quality urgently needs to be improved. This is the topic of the week. There is also a guest article by Ingrid Hofmann that is well worth reading: She calls for more appreciation for companies.

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our guiding principles

 

Mission

The BDA ensures that the social partnership anchored in the Basic Law succeeds and that fair working conditions are guaranteed in our country.

Vision

Our goal is to operate in such a way that future generations can also find sufficient employment and create prosperity.

Values

The social market economy underlies our actions and is based on freedom, responsibility, subsidiarity and solidarity.

 
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BDA international

The Voice of German Business in Brussels

Europe keeps us busy. With our expertise as a social partner, we help shape European policy. Together with the BDI, we form the European voice of the entire German economy. Labour market and social policy issues in particular have become increasingly important in EU policy in recent decades. Here we advocate the principle that social progress only works on the basis of economic success.

our members

Strong employer organisations

Members of the BDA are 14 interdisciplinary regional associations and 48 federal umbrella associations of employers from the fields of industry, trade, finance, transport, crafts, services and agriculture. Around 1 million companies with approx. 30.5 million employees are affiliated to them directly or indirectly via their member associations.


48

Federal top-level associations

14

National Associations