A law for trainees in Germany?

The introduction of a "trainee law" is being investigated in Germany. Trainees and apprentices, writes Der Tagesspiegel, "work in the most varied firms and companies. Their goal is to learn and to gain practical experience - and yet often they are simply taken advantage of as cheap labour". Companies have nevertheless come around, the paper comments, and want to rid themselves of their reputation as exploiters. "Perhaps [the legal iniative] leaves them no other choice. ... How such a legal reform would actually look is currently being negotiated by the ministries of Labour and Education."

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