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Germany

Learn more about Eurofound's national-level research and connections with individual countries.

Eurofound provides research, data and analysis on a wide range of social and work-related topics. This information is largely comparative, but also offers country-specific information for each of the EU Member States. This page contains information, research and data for Germany.

Berlin, Germany

Highlights from Eurofound's regularly repeated pan-European surveys that contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions.

This profile describes the key characteristics of working life in Germany. It aims to provide the relevant background information on the structures, institutions, actors and relevant regulations regarding working life.

Background and information

This section describes background and information for a country. It reviews the economic and labour market context, the legal context, and gives insights into the industrial relations context.

Collective bargaining

The central concern of employment relations is collective governance regarding work and employment. This section looks at collective bargaining in the Member States..

Actors and institutions

This section describes actors and institutions in the context of industrial relations.

Industrial action and disputes

This section looks into industrial action like strikes, walk-outs and other forms of labour disputes.

Eurofound monitors developments in working life in all EU Member States and Norway. This information is complemented with specialised data collections via our surveys, on policy measures, on restructuring events, on initiatives relating to the platform economy, and country-specific publications.

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