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29. October 2020

Don’t sleep through the lockdown in resignation – develop the strategy further now

Commenting on the Corona measures adopted by the Federal Government, the President of the Employers' Association, Ingo Kramer, said: We welcome the keeping open of schools, day-care centres and trade. However, in the case of the closure of catering and accommodation businesses, we have the impression that, despite compliance with distance and hygiene measures, actionism has consequently been placed before objective justification.
28. October 2020

Employers reject European minimum wage bureaucracy of the European Commission

Commenting on today's EU minimum wage directive, BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter said: We reject a European minimum wage bureaucracy as a usurpation of powers by the European Commission. German politicians are called upon to reject this decisively. When it comes to the minimum wage, we must leave the church in the village and with the social partners.
27. October 2020

Preventing avoidable damage to our economy

Employers' President Kramer says of the upcoming Corona Summit of Minister Presidents with the Chancellor: We must not stop running because we are afraid of falling - prevent avoidable damage to our economy
15. October 2020

German industry makes massive contribution to civil protection

Regarding yesterday's decisions of the Conference of Minister Presidents with the Federal Chancellor, the BDA states: The health protection of employees is of central importance for all companies in Germany from the very beginning in this Corona exceptional period. By reacting quickly, showing a lot of flexibility and finding sensible solutions, employers have been able to cope very well with the Corona pandemic so far.
30. September 2020

Employer President Ingo Kramer proposes Dr. Rainer Dulger as successor – Election of the new Employer President on 25 November 2020

Ingo Kramer announced at today's meeting of the Presiding Committee of the BDA that he will resign from office on 25 November. Ingo Kramer had already announced this in a letter to the Presiding Committee and Board of the BDA on 19 September. At the same time, in consultation with the Vice Presidium, he proposed the current BDA Vice President, Dr. Ing. Rainer Dulger, as his successor.
23. September 2020

Politics acts as if there is no tomorrow

Commenting on the measures adopted today by the Federal Cabinet to comply with the Social Guarantee 2021, Chief Executive Steffen Kampeter said: Today's decisions by the Federal Government contradict the social guarantee given by the coalition committee in June. It was promised that the limit of 40% on contributions would be achieved with subsidies from the federal government.