WSI-Mitteilungen

Since the introduction of the statutory minimum wage in Germany, a considerable number of employees continue to be paid wages below that level. Based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 2016, 2019 and 2022, we show that the...

The article examines why companies in Germany choose to violate labour rights – and why they can. The empirical basis consists of qualitative interviews with labour law advisory centres. Drawing on sociological perspectives on law and research on...

The significance of municipal enterprises for the socio-ecological transformation should not be underestimated. They have the potential to make a substantial contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy and society through the ecological...

This article examines how public employment services staff interpret benefit sanctions in the German basic income support scheme. To this end, a standardised survey and narrative interviews with employment services staff are analysed...

The Public Health Service (Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst – ÖGD) has traditionally played a minor role in health care provision in Germany. It is often only loosely integrated within the cooperation structures between social administration and...

The latest annual collective bargaining report of the WSI Collective Agreement Archive contains a comprehensive analysis of the 2025 bargaining round and gives an overview of demands and results as well as a calculation of the annual wage increases....