Tag: Employment policy
The “Big Quit” can turn Germany into a service desert
Restaurant looking for staff Is Germany on the way to the service desert? (Photo: dpa) Berlin The pandemic is acting as a catalyst in several respects, for example for digitization,…
Unemployment falls to 2.260 million in May
Employment Agency Around 45.3 million people with a place of work in Germany were employed – that is a seasonally adjusted 53,000 or 0.1 percent more than in the previous…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Unemployment in Germany is falling
Employment Agency The Federal Employment Agency publishes the unemployment rate every month. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) Nuremberg Despite the economic consequences of the Ukraine war, the German labor…
465,000 fewer unemployed than a year ago
Waitress in Heidelberg The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to 5.1 percent in the spring. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin The war in Ukraine has not yet had an…
Number of unemployed falls by 66,000 in March
Waitress in Heidelberg The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to 5.1 percent in the spring. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin The war in Ukraine has not yet had an…
There are currently a particularly large number of vacancies for these 100 jobs
Symbolic image of a senior doctor The profession of senior physician attracts with a median salary of 80,000 euros per year. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Dusseldorf The German labor market is booming,…
Surprisingly strong job creation in the USA ahead of the interest rate turnaround
labor market in the United States In the meantime, some positions cannot be filled again immediately. (Photo: dpa) Washington Before the foreseeable turnaround in interest rates, the US economy created…
Number of unemployed falls by 34,000 in February
Employment Agency The unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent. (Photo: dpa) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 2.428 million in February. That is 34,000 fewer than in…
Good for employees, bad for collective bargaining autonomy
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil discussed with bakery employees The amount of the new minimum wage is justified, the procedure is not. (Photo: dpa) It’s a good day for millions of…
Cabinet introduces minimum wage of twelve euros
hair stylist From October, the statutory minimum wage in Germany will be twelve euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin On October 1, the federal government initiated an increase in the statutory minimum…
Cabinet introduces minimum wage of twelve euros
hair stylist From October, the statutory minimum wage in Germany will be twelve euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government has initiated an increase in the statutory minimum wage to…
Cabinet introduces minimum wage of twelve euros
hair stylist From October, the statutory minimum wage in Germany will be twelve euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government has initiated an increase in the statutory minimum wage to…
Draft law with stricter timekeeping for mini-jobbers & Co.
Berlin From October, the earnings threshold for marginal employment is to be raised from EUR 450 to EUR 520 per month. Mini-jobbers should also be able to benefit from the…
Draft law with stricter timekeeping for mini-jobbers & Co.
Berlin From October, the earnings threshold for marginal employment is to be raised from EUR 450 to EUR 520 per month. Mini-jobbers should also be able to benefit from the…
Macron announces “renaissance of French nuclear power”.
Emmanuel Macron The French President supports nuclear power. (Photo: AP) Paris French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a massive expansion of nuclear power. Six new nuclear power plants should be…
Minister of Labor Heil wants to relieve employees
Berlin The reform of mini-jobs planned by the federal government means additional costs of 800 million euros a year for the economy. This emerges from the draft bill of the…
US job market starts the year with 467,000 new jobs
employment office in the United States The separately determined unemployment rate rose to 4.0 from the previous 3.9 percent. (Photo: dpa) Washington In the USA, unemployment rose again at the…
Employers sharply criticize planned law
The minimum wage should in future be twelve euros gross per hour Employers view the planned procedure more critically than the level of wages. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of…