On 2 October, the German cabinet adopted an amendment to the law to modernise unemployment insurance and promote work as part of the growth initiative presented this summer. The central measure provides that recipients of the citizens’ income (the “Bürgergeld“, formerly known as the Hartz 4 allowance) will receive a bonus of €1,000 if they take up a job. German economy minister Robert Habeck has specified that this one-off funding for the long-term unemployed who are able to work will be provid
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.