Now, this is really bad news. Germany already has a low birth rate, especially among young academic families - the women prefer education over reproduction and I certainly can´t blame them. If a woman doesn´t have a good chance to keep her job or to be able to continue with her old job as soon as the bread-earner can share the burden of day care with her, they will continue to choose not to get kids. Mr Hundt might have his reasons for his claim, but it´s going to have a rather negative effect on the German population in the long run. "Reintegration of parents into the job market" is a worthy aim, but cutting down on mothers´ rights is the wrong direction.

Sparforderung: Arbeitgeber wollen Job-Garantie für Mütter verkürzen

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