WSI-Mitteilungen

With its ruling of November 2025, the European Court of Justice confirmed that the European Minimum Wage Directive – with the exception of some details – is compliant with EU law. The directive thus continues to serve as a common framework for...

The article analyses housing cost burden from a life-course perspective. It identifies life phases in which different social groups face particularly high housing cost burden. The results, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP),...

In autumn 2024, the project “Haus der Selbstständigen” (“House of the Self-Employed”) conducted a cross-sector survey on the quality of working conditions of solo self-employed persons, further developing the questionnaire of the good work...

The regulations on working from home established during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown offered many employees a level of flexibility that they did not want to give up after the pandemic ended. But how do companies feel about flexible working...

The quality of work in occupations related to social work, healthcare and education is a key issue in light of the ongoing shortage of skilled workers in these systemically relevant fields, which has received increased public attention since the...