Termination of Non-terminable Employees

How Employees Sabotage Their Employers Abusive conduct by employees has almost become commonplace in business operations: whether by private telephone calls, excessive Internet use, false expense claims, work hours fraud, acceptance of bribes, coarse insulting of superiors, minor...

Black List Works Council

Background Bosses in the Shadows between Power and Abuse of Power Works councils have power and are not subject to any controls. Even if the majority of employees should be unhappy with a works council’s performance, it cannot be voted out. By law, a works council has...

Work With No End in Sight: Must One Prohibit Stress?

Broadcast on September 11, 2014.   Deadlines and time pressure, continuous availability, hundreds of e-mails – for most Germans in the meantime, his or her job is the greatest life burden… Termindruck, ständige Erreichbarkeit, hunderte Mails – der Job ist für die...

N 24 – Studio Friedman: Tax Evasion as the National Pastime of the Rich

Broadcast on February 6, 2014.   Uli Hoeneß and the evaded millions. Minor “little sin” or great national pastime of the rich? Uli Hoeneß und die hinterzogenen Millionen. Kleines ‘Sündchen’ oder großer ‘Volkssport’ der Reichen? Michael...

N 24 – Studio Friedman: Stress and Burnout

Broadcast on October 10, 2013. What is the situation on the German labor market? Work in Germany: millions of people toil 40 hours per week… Wie steht es mit dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt? Arbeiten in Deutschland: Millionen Menschen schuften 40 Stunden in der Woche und...

N 24 – Germany Acute

Broadcast on August 28, 2013.   Work until you drop – is this what our future looks like? Two-thirds of German employees regularly work overtime… Arbeiten bis zum Umfallen – Sieht so unsere Zukunft aus? Zweidrittel der deutschen Arbeitnehmer machen ständi...

ARD – People at Maischberger

Broadcast on December 11, 2012.   The subject: “King or buddy: how much boss would you like?” (“König oder Kumpel: wie viel Chef darf es sein?”) Das Thema: “König oder Kumpel: Wie viel Chef darf es sein?” Gäste: Harald Glööckler (Modedesigner und...

Spiegel TV – Knowledge Episode 7

Broadcast on January 19, 2012.

ARD – Hard but Fair

Broadcast on November 14, 2011.   Burnout – fashionable illness or genuine epidemic? Moderation: Frank Plasberg Burnout – Modekrankheit oder echte Seuche? Moderation: Frank Plasberg Die Gäste: Tim Mälzer (Starkoch, ARD-Kochshow “Tim Mälzer kocht!”; hatte...

ZDF Neo – German Fear of Responsibility

Broadcast on September 20, 2012. Fear of responsibility is an anxiety which everyone has been confronted with at one time or another – whether privately or professionally… Die Angst vor Verantwortung ist eine Angst, mit der jeder Mensch schon einmal konfrontiert war –...