An unpublished study by the Hans Böckler Foundation advises radical reforms in the promotion of state education. Accordingly, Germany needed a legally anchored claim to vocational training; the Bafög age limit must fall - and employers employing agency workers should pay higher social security contributions.
The demands come from an as yet unpublished study of union-friendly Hans Böckler Foundation, which is the SPIEGEL. Working sociologist Gerhard Bosch from the University of Duisburg / Essen has examined how continuing vocational training of employees can be strengthened, especially in the face of digitization.
So far, one in five young professionals has no training at all, writes Bosch. Here, too, there is an urgent need for action: the sociologist wants to ensure that employees who want to attend further training receive a legal right to an exemption from their employer.
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Bosch compares student loans and the training grants of the Employment Agency with the systems of other European countries - and concludes that although the German support instruments are basically effective, they urgently need to be adapted to the changed work and training reality.
For example, older people are increasingly taking up university studies. Therefore, not only the previous Bafög age limit of 35 years must be deleted, also a higher Bafög rate for older students is necessary.
And because temporary employees are less likely to participate in training, the sociologist wants to ask employers to pay higher wages for such employees, thereby funding education and training.