Germany: Bundestag passes a law aimed at lowering seasonal unemployment for construction workers

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17 March 2006 à 12h28

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A vast majority of the Bundestag passed a law, on 16 March 2006, aimed at fighting against the increasing number of seasonally-unemployed construction workers during winter months (please see our article no 0652). (Réf. 06261)
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From now on, construction workers should be able to stay in activity all year long. If they have no job between December 1st and March 31st for climatic reasons, they will earn 60% of their previous take-home salary. This will be paid by the federal agency for work (Bundesagentur fûr Arbeit). During this period, employers will only pay social contributions (based on 80% of the salary). Peter Rauen, job market expert for the CDU group at the Bundestag, reminded that around 280 000...

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