Germany’s New Minimum Wage Law to Benefit 3.7 Million Workers
Germany became the last major European economy to introduce the national minimum wage with the lower house of the Parliament enacting the law with a majority of 535 votes for, 5 against and 61 abstentions. About 3.7 million workers will become entitled to a minimum hourly wage of €8.50, around $11.6 when the law takes…