Employers to demand shake-up of workers’ law in Germany

Germany's leading business organisations demand in November 2004 the most radical overhaul for almost 30 years of laws allowing workers a role in corporate decision-making. The joint initiative by the BDI industry federation and BDA employers' federation to water down the system of 'Mitbestimmung' or 'co-determination' - a central part of Germany's traditional economic model - was necessary for the long-term success of German companies, according to Roland Wolf, the BDA's labour law expert