Europa und Internationales

21. November 2020

Occupational safety and health in Europe

16. November 2020

Seeking dialogue, promoting acceptance, practising solidarity

An appeal by the "Alliance for Cosmopolitanism, Solidarity, Democracy and the Rule of Law - against Intolerance, Misanthropy and Violence" on the occasion of the Corona Crisis. The Corona pandemic and its management are a heavy burden for people in Germany and worldwide. Since the outbreak of the crisis, society and politics in our country have done many things right.
11. November 2020

Presentation of the annual report of the German Council of Economic Experts

On the occasion of the annual report of the Council of Economic Experts presented today, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations states: Of course, the German economy hopes that the Council of Economic Experts is correct in its forecast and that the economy will not crash as badly as feared this year.
11. November 2020

Care financing becomes a political care case

Commenting on the key points for reforming long-term care insurance presented by the Federal Ministry of Health, BDA Managing Director Steffen Kampeter said: With constant decisions for additional expenditure without a solid financing concept, politicians have brought the long-term care insurance out of financial balance.
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.
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.