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DEU-2007-L-84399
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Act to Improve Employment Opportunities For Older Workers.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Older workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2007-04-14
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Beschäftigungschancen älterer Menschen
Abstract/Citation
The Law imposes a number of solutions in order to improve the employment opportunities of older workers including:
- Integration subsidies for employers for hiring older workers (aged 50 years and over);
- "Combination wage" for older unemployed workers, for taking a new lower paid job;
- Increased promotion of vocational training;
- New option of a fixed-term employment lasting up to five years for workers aged 52 and over.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2007-05-01
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1997-03-24 (DEU-1997-L-46596)
Social Code - Book III - Employment Promotion.
Amended text(s)
2000-12-21 (DEU-2000-L-60469)
Act on part-time and temporary work (TzBfG).
Amended text(s)
1989-12-18 (DEU-1989-L-61881)
Social Code - Book VI - Statutory Pension Insurance
Amended text(s)
2003-12-24 (DEU-2003-L-76851)
Social Code - Book II - Basic Security for Jobseekers.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Law on-line in German
Author
Bundesgesetzblatt, Bundesanzeiger Verlag
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Germany
URL
http://www.bmas.de/portal/25012/property=pdf/gesetz__zur__verbesserung__der__beschaeftigungschancen__aelterer.pdf
File
DEU84399.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Bonn, Germany
Date
2007-04-24
Volume
Vol. I
Number
No. 15
Page range
pp. 538-541