The road has been paved for implementation of part-time jobs for older workers in the metal and electric industrial sectors. Employers and unions agreed to joint formulations regarding the disputed items. One of the points agreed on was the assurance of accumulated overtime bonus payments in case of the employer's bankruptcy. Also, overtime work that occurred previous to the beginning of the part-time status can be included in calculations. The Donaueschingen arbitration conceded the right to part-time work for employees after their 61st birthday.
Banks demand an amnesty for tax evaders who transferred funds out of the country.
Federal Banking Association's chairman Kohlhaussen declared that a possibly painful reform was necessary so the financial location Germany would be able to compete in the face of hard international competition. Kohlhaussen, who is also spokesman for the Commerzbank's management, calls for an amnesty favoring not only the tax evaders themselves, but also bank officials who had provided them advice and help during the transactions. The public prosecutor's office in Duisburg has posted a reward of 10,000 marks for information that might help in the search for the man who last Friday committed a bank robbery in Bocholt, stole several cars and took several hostages, later freed. During his flight, he killed a 33- year old man and injured another. He succeeded in fleeing across the Netherlands border, where his trail was lost.