During a seminar organized on March 15, 2006 in Berlin by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, close to the Social democrat party (SPD), a series of experts (government, Bundestag, trade unionists, employers...) discussed the first evaluation report of the laws on labour market reform (Hartz I-III laws), released on February 1, 2006 by the German government. (Réf. 06260)
“We conceived this seminar, because the government’s report was badly interpreted by the media, which highlighted only the negative aspects. However, we think that it must be discussed further “, explained Ruth Brandherm, in charge of the “work and qualification” section within the Foundation.
In 2002, the Bundestag asked the government to make periodical evaluations of the Hartz laws’ effects. On February 1st, the German government presented its first evaluation report, which concerns only...
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