Equal Employment Policy in Germany: Limited Results and Prospects for Reform |
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| Authors: | ANGELIKA KOCH |
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| Affiliation: | Angelika Koch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science, University of Duisburg, Germany. She worked for several years as a political adviser in the German parliament in the areas of social and labor policy with a gender perspective. She received her degree in political science and German literature from Berlin University. Recent publications include Young People as Lusers? OldAge Security and Generational Justice (with Gerhard Backer, WSI-Mitteilungen 2003);The Politics of Equal Opportunity: Little Steps through the New Equal Opportunity Law for the Public Sector (Femina Politica-Zeitschrift fiir feministische Politikzuissenschuft 1/2002);A New Approach to Care Work in Social Policy The Reform of Parental Leave and Alternative Conceptions (Feministische Studien 1/2001);Reconciliation of Work and Family Life for Both Sexes? The Bill of the Red-Green Government (Blatter fiir deutsche und internationale Politik, 5/2000). |
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| Abstract: | This article contributes to feminist debates on equal employment policy in Germany by pointing out the shortcomings of current German equal employment policy in the private sector and by suggesting a new approach to shore‐up the gaps of current policy. The first section of the article critically assesses existing legislation and the voluntary regulation of gender equality in the private sector by the social partners. The second section addresses prospects for reform and discusses a new approach to gender equality in the workplace. The article concludes with suggestions for a more effective equal opportunity law as a crucial part of a labor policy that includes issues of gender equality. |
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