Given Germany's gender pay gap of women earning 21.6 percent less than men, female employees effectively started working for free on October 12th, according to a report by London-based Expert Market.
Germany should introduce a compulsory register of lobbyists and ban former government ministers from taking jobs in industry for three years after leaving office, Transparency International said on Monday.
Members of the German Bundestag could soon have to state exactly how much they earn on the side. Both parties in the ruling coalition agreed on a new transparency model on Thursday.
