Tag: labour market
Fed director hints at interest rate pause in June
Phillip Jefferson According to the Fed director, such a pause after the series of increases would allow the monetary authorities to view further economic data. (Photo: Reuters) Washington According to…
Federal Labor Court confirms lower wages for temporary workers
Employees in a logistics center The EU Temporary Employment Directive stipulates that collective agreements may deviate from the principle of equal pay if the “overall protection” of temporary workers is…
The number of start-ups is falling again – these are the causes and consequences
Berlin After a slight recovery in 2021, the number of business start-ups in Germany fell again last year by nine percent to 550,000. This is the result of the new…
Number of unemployed falls to 2.544 million
Nuremberg, Berlin The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 2.544 million in May. That was 42,000 fewer than in April, but 284,000 more than a year ago, as the…
Economists expect the willingness to hire people to decline and unemployment to rise
empty office Even the service providers, who have been building up staff for a long time, were more cautious when it came to hiring. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Berlin The weak economic…
Who works in Germany for how long?
People work in the office late at night Highly skilled workers are more likely to work more than 30 hours a week than those without a degree. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
High labor costs a threat to competitiveness? Economists give the all-clear
Chip production in Dresden When it comes to labor costs, Germany ranks seventh in the EU. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Higher wage agreements than in a long time and rising social…
Bahn promises more modern stations and wants to create thousands of new jobs
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
Deutsche Bahn is planning thousands of new jobs and more modern stations
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
BT wants to cut more than 40 percent of its jobs
BT store in UK The British telecom group BT Group is planning radical job cuts. (Photo: Bloomberg) London The British telecommunications group BT Group wants to reduce its costs with…
New boss Margerita Della Valle cuts 11,000 jobs
Vodafone Germany headquarters in Dusseldorf The German business has been worrying the British group for a long time. (Photo: dpa) London Due to bleak business prospects, the new CEO Margherita…
In this way, you no longer put off the termination
Dissatisfied employee Although four out of ten employees think about changing jobs several times a month, according to a survey, many hesitate before taking the final step – and put…
Lack of skilled workers at debt counselors – pressure on those affected is growing
debt advice The managing director of the Federal Working Group for Debt Counseling sees one reason for the lack of staff in what the association considers to be inadequate payment…
Germany’s most popular employers for academics
Design at BMW Munich was also the most popular employer for academics in 2023. Dusseldorf If you want a higher salary, changing jobs is often the best option. And so…
Rail union announces 50-hour strike from Sunday to Tuesday evening
S-Bahn in Stuttgart Uncertain times are again approaching Deutsche Bahn passengers. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Dusseldorf With a nationwide warning strike, the railway and transport union (EVG) wants to paralyze rail…
Why the burger chain Wendy’s uses AI at the counter
san francisco In the US, employees of the Wendy’s burger chain will be working with artificial intelligence (AI) as early as June. The fast-food company announced pilot tests on Tuesday…
These employers are specifically looking for career changers
sales pitch From plant construction to the supply industry: in sales, lateral entrants have lucrative career advancement opportunities. (Photo: WESTEND61 /Westend61/F1online) Dusseldorf German employers are increasingly open to career changers:…
Six insights into the labor market of the future
Berlin It is a triple transformation that is massively changing the labor market: digitization, ecological conversion away from fossil fuels, demographic change – everything is intertwined. What does that mean…
More than 170,000 vacancies: shortage of engineers is getting worse
engineers The German Economic Institute (IW), which compiles the Engineer Monitor together with the VDI, assumes an annual requirement of 130,500 engineers. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Berlin The shortage of engineers…
IG BCE demands more commitment from companies in training
Berlin With a wide-ranging campaign, the IG BCE union wants to get employers to train more young people again. Employers would have to stop the trend of declining trainee numbers…