Germany: new partial unemployment measures

loyment boom three months before the legislative elections, the grand coalition developed a new law strengthening the partial unemployment system. Adopted on a last reading on June 19, 2009 by the Bundestag, this law (3. SGB IV-Änderungsgesetz), which provides that the State will pay for all social charges after six months of partial unemployment, led to major controversy. Many Christian democrats say that it exclusively serves the interests of large German groups to the detriment of SMEs. (Ref