German employers criticise SPD plan to wind back labour reforms

New Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz addresses a news conference at their party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German employers on Tuesday condemned plans by Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz, who has overtaken Chancellor Angela Merkel in some polls before September's election, to revise decade-old labour reforms, saying they could hurt the economy.

In a clear bid to win back the left, Schulz told supporters on Monday that corrections were needed to former SPD Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Agenda 2010 welfare reforms.