But access to credit and sick pay do not top the drivers' agenda.
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Mittelstand managers suggest that sick pay should start at 80% of the full wage, and drop with a prolonged absence.
Indeed, the government plans early on to restore the cuts Mr Kohl made to pensions, sick pay and other benefits.
But it also says, foolishly, that it will roll back reforms on pensions, dismissal of workers, sick pay and casual labour.
Undocumented workers are the most competitive of all, because employers don't need to worry about sick pay, holidays or the minimum wage.
The opposition Social Democrats are threatening to add to the list by rolling back some reforms, such as lower pensions and sick pay, if they win the general election in September.
Where the programme was specific over action—for example, about its plans to reverse the government cuts in pensions and sick pay—it was quite unspecific over finance: how would it pay for such measures?
But in their election manifesto they promise to roll back even the modest reforms the coalition has introduced—such as cuts in sick pay and widows' pensions, and weaker job protection for workers in small businesses.
But the government seems at last to have heeded the gospel of deregulation: shops can open longer, and the worst features of the over-generous sick-pay system have been abolished.
They deny our claims, drop us when we're sick, and pay their CEOs' huge bonuses.
Added to existing laws requiring overtime pay, sick leave and paid holidays, this makes a reasonable package.
On the other hand, is it really a problem that sick people have to pay more for insurance than healthy people?
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