In small companies alone, mini-jobs are displacing up to 500,000 jobs subject to social security contributions, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research.
Mini-jobs
,
hundreds of thousands of which were lost in Germany
during the
corona pandemic
, are
increasingly
displacing
jobs subject to social insurance contributions
in
small businesses
.
This is the result of a study by the Nuremberg Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
In companies with a size of up to ten employees, 500,000 jobs are affected, the institute said.
"Contrary to what was hoped for, they also rarely form a bridge to employment subject to social insurance," it said.
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An
additional mini-job in a small business would
, on average, replace around half an average job subject to social insurance.
"Mini-jobs are therefore - at least in small companies - not a supplement to employment subject to social insurance," said IAB researcher Matthias Collischon.
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According to the study, mini-jobs are mainly used in small businesses
In 2003 the
number of mini
-jobbers rose from around 4 million to over 6 million in the course of the Hartz reforms.
In 2019, a total of more than 7 million employees worked in mini-jobs.
In the
Corona crisis
, the number fell to around 6 million.
The increase that followed would have been even greater if the legislature had not increased the tax burden for employers.
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Debate on reform of mini jobs
The German Trade Union Federation (DGB) evaluated the results of the study as evidence that
mini-jobs were
more of a trap in the
labor market
than a stepping stone.
"The next coalition must reform mini-jobs: marginal employment must be covered by social security right from the start, and there must be no further dynamism in income limits," demanded DGB board member Anja Piel.
Instead, mini-jobs should be designed in such a way that it is worthwhile to work more.
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"An independent livelihood must be promoted, involuntary part-time work prevented, and better participation, especially of women in gainful employment, must be ensured," demanded Piel.
"In this way, the dormant potential of skilled workers in Germany can also be raised." Interested parties can find out more about the study here.
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