2.2 THE ROLE OF CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Continental Europe: raising awareness From a national perspective, Germany and the Netherlands have emerged as the most active governments in continental Europe with respect to the Living Wage. In Germany this interest has been triggered by two events. ...
Germany has a wage share system. Hours go down to avoid unemployment. The Economist Magazine 5/4/13PleaseShare! Income Increased for Each Group by About 20% Winter 2018 edition CEO's Got Lots The War on Work—and How to End It
In the Northwestern EU countries (Benelux, Germany, France, UK), even the upper range of LW rarely overcomes 80% of the MW threshold and the lower threshold can even go below 50%. In other words, in the core countries, MW earners can secure basic living necessities and still have 20–...