Daily Archives: Friday, March 23 , 2007

How much do they leave in your pocket?

The Economist has published an interesting – and if you live in Belgium or Germany, depressing – table showing what percentage of an employer’s labour costs doesn’t arrive in employee’s pay packets. In Belgium and Germany, more than 50% lands in the government’s pocket or pays for compulsary insurance.
What did surprise me, is that [...]

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