Tag: unemployment insurance
Harsh criticism of Heil’s plan to shift jurisdiction
Entrance area of a job center In the future, the employment agencies will be responsible for the professional integration of young recipients of citizen’s income. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Minister of…
Stable taxes, higher contributions for pensions and care: criticism of Lindner’s “marshalling yard”
Berlin The federal government’s plan to consolidate the federal budget in part at the expense of the contributors is causing considerable resentment in the economy and in social insurance. Employer…
Costs of unemployment rise to 68 billion euros
Berlin The labor market in Germany survived the second year of the coronavirus comparatively unscathed. Compared to the previous year, the number of unemployed in 2021 fell slightly by three…
Citizen Income Compromise: Law for the Middle Class
The Hartz IV laws and their successor, citizen income, which was passed in the mediation committee on Wednesday evening, are intended to help the poorest of the poor in Germany.…
Citizen Income Compromise: Law for the Middle Class
The Hartz IV laws and their successor, citizen income, which was passed in the mediation committee on Wednesday evening, are intended to help the poorest of the poor in Germany.…
Mediation committee agrees on citizens’ income – fast adoption expected
Mediation committee advises on citizens’ income With the citizen money, the standard rates in the basic security are increased. The coalition is also expanding the additional earnings limits. (Photo: dpa)…
Federal Council blocks reform – Union-led countries do not agree
Employment Agency The citizen income reform is intended to replace Hartz IV. (Photo: imago images / Eckhard Stengel) Berlin The basic income reform pushed by the traffic light coalition was…
Traffic light must fundamentally improve on citizens’ income
Markus Soder “The traffic light must be fundamentally improved,” says the CSU boss. (Photo: dpa) Berlin One day before the Bundestag deliberations on the new citizens’ allowance, Bavaria’s Prime Minister…
The Federal Employment Agency can start rebuilding the reserve in 2023
Berlin In the coming year, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) will be able to present a balanced budget for the first time since 2019 and begin to rebuild a financial…
How useful is citizen income?
Dusseldorf According to Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, the planned citizens’ benefit will be “the biggest social reform in 20 years”. But in order for the citizen’s income to come into…
Future citizens’ income should be 502 euros for single people
Employment Agency With an increase to 502 euros, the previous Hartz IV rates would be increased by more than 50 euros from January 1, 2023. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to…
Questions and answers on the Hartz IV successor
money as basic security The standard rates for the new citizens’ income should be higher than for Hartz IV. (Photo: imago images/MiS) Berlin As early as next year, the federal…
No reserves for new labor market crisis
Logo of the Federal Employment Agency In the corona pandemic, the Nuremberg authorities’ reserves were completely used up. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The final settlement of the short-time work from the…
Hubertus Heil initiates a draft law
Berlin The new citizens’ allowance, with which the federal government wants to replace the existing Hartz IV system, should start punctually at the beginning of next year. Minister of Labor…
Hubertus Heil initiates a draft law
Berlin The new citizens’ allowance, with which the federal government wants to replace the existing Hartz IV system, should start punctually at the beginning of next year. Minister of Labor…
Heil wants to suspend all Hartz IV sanctions
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil The SPD politician wants recipients of basic security benefits to no longer have to fear sanctions by the end of the year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin By…
Number of unemployed rises by 133,000 in January
Workers at a construction site The Federal Agency has presented its statistics for January. (Photo: dpa) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany rose to 2.462 million in January, as…
Number of unemployed rises by 133,000 in January
Workers at a construction site The Federal Agency has presented its statistics for January. (Photo: dpa) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany rose to 2.462 million in January, as…
Laid-off employees should take this into account
Terminated Employees Anyone who is affected by dismissal must complete formalities at the employment office in a timely manner so that there is financial support. (Photo: imago images/Ikon Images) Dusseldorf…
Corona causes employment agency deficit of around 22 billion euros
Nuremberg The corona pandemic and the billions in costs associated with short-time work have plunged the Federal Employment Agency (BA) into deep red figures for the second year in a…