Tag: labour market
Ifo: The lack of building materials is decreasing
construction site In building construction, 25.3 percent of companies were still suffering from supply bottlenecks in January. (Photo: imago images/Lichtgut) Berlin The shortage of building materials in Germany eased at…
Peloton cuts every fifth job and changes the boss
Peloton bike In November, the New York company had to scrap its sales forecast for the fiscal year running until mid-2022. (Photo: AP) new York The fitness equipment specialist Peloton…
Lower wage limit for geriatric nurses rises to 14 euros
Nurse and resident of a nursing home Wages for workers in geriatric care are expected to rise sharply. (Photo: dpa) The lower wage limit in geriatric care will rise by…
Do you earn more than average?
Dusseldorf Salary is still a taboo subject in Germany. 30 percent of employees in Germany do not even know how much their spouse earns. Around eight out of ten have…
The skills gap is bigger than ever
Employment in the IT professions has grown more than in almost any other professional group But the demand for qualified workers is growing even faster than the supply. (Photo: imago…
Dissatisfaction is growing among employees
Dusseldorf There was great excitement at the SAP employee meeting at the end of January. The question was how big the salary increase would be for the approximately 24,500 employees…
Experts expect further bridge closures
Fortunately, a replacement is already in place in Rindsdorf, so the old building was ready for demolition. However, the old bridges have one thing in common: Like thousands of other…
Experts expect further bridge closures
Fortunately, a replacement is already in place in Rindsdorf, so the old building was ready for demolition. However, the old bridges have one thing in common: Like thousands of other…
Five lucrative opportunities for career changers
Applicants are financially courted Rarely have the chances for a career change, including a whopping salary increase, been as good as they are now. Dusseldorf Cawa Younosi is urgently looking…
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…
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 Despite the omicron wave at the beginning of…
Shortage of skilled workers, labor dispute: Amazon’s model for success in danger
New York, Dusseldorf Amazon’s growth seems unstoppable. The world’s largest online retailer increased its sales by more than a fifth to $470 billion last year, and profits by half to…
Ford misses expectations in the fourth quarter
ford Ford’s quarterly figures fell short of expectations. (Photo: AP) Dearborn The second largest US automaker Ford is still struggling in view of the chip crisis and global supply chain…
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…
There is a future without Ford
Protest against impending closure in Saarlouis Last year, Ford employees demonstrated for the preservation of their plant. (Photo: imago images/BeckerBredel) Ford Europe is facing a difficult year. In the middle…
IG Metall sees a glimmer of hope for the plant
Saarlouis It is a German-Spanish competition: Only one of the two Ford plants in Saarlouis and in Valencia will probably survive. In early summer, the European subsidiary of the US…
Corona vaccination is now creating more problems than it solves
nurse in Essen Healthcare workers must be vaccinated against Corona by mid-March. (Photo: dpa) There are good reasons for compulsory vaccination – especially for employees in the healthcare sector. After…
Short-time allowance is to be extended until June 30th
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil The increase in short-time work benefits from the fourth or seventh month of the entitlement period will also be retained. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The hospitality industry,…
How Europe is fighting the shortage of skilled workers
Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Rome It is actually good news that Europe’s statistical office published on Tuesday: Unemployment in the euro zone has fallen to a new record low of…