{"id":471,"date":"2024-08-11T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T12:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/berlin-explores-tax-breaks-to-get-germans-working-longer-hours\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T12:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T12:28:40","slug":"berlin-explores-tax-breaks-to-get-germans-working-longer-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/berlin-explores-tax-breaks-to-get-germans-working-longer-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin explores tax breaks to get Germans working longer hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Germany is looking at tax breaks and welfare reforms to encourage people to work more, joining the UK and the Netherlands on a quest to tackle the region\u2019s economic malaise by reversing a big drop in average working hours.<\/p>\n<p>After months of debate, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s ruling coalition is preparing a \u201cgrowth plan\u201d to be unveiled as soon as next month that aims to make working longer hours more rewarding. Options under discussion include tax cuts on overtime and a benefits overhaul, according to people familiar with the plans.<\/p>\n<p>The drop in working hours across Europe since the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/deaba04b-89cf-447f-970a-6d732c751b8f\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is looking at tax breaks and welfare reforms to encourage people to work more, joining the UK and the Netherlands on a quest to tackle the region\u2019s economic malaise by reversing a big drop in average working hours. After months of debate, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s ruling coalition is preparing a \u201cgrowth plan\u201d to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-finance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinpresse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}