Discrimination in the job center: disregarded unequal treatment (nd current)
Photo: Jan Woitas / dpa “EU citizens are expressly not under general suspicion of committing abuse of performance,” writes the federal government in a response … Read more
Hartz IV
Job centers do not make a good figure (nd currently)
To combat the corona pandemic, home office is actually the order of the day. The employers should enable their employees to do this as long … Read more
Job center pays too little for rent (neue-deutschland.de)
“Reasonable” rents for welfare recipients are often unrealistically low. Photo: dpa / Stefan Sauer In addition to the standard rate, those who receive Hartz IV … Read more
The Greens: precise and vague (new-deutschland.de)
Photo: pa-Zentralbild | Hendrik Schmidt “That was a fairly intensive, but also long work process,” said Anja Hajduk, deputy group leader of the Greens, on … Read more
Greens and SPD want social assistance without conditions
IThere are currently large gaps in the state coffers. However, in the opinion of the SPD and the Greens, this does not stand in the … Read more
Subsistence level: transparency instead of arbitrariness (neue-deutschland.de)
Photo: dpa / Stefan Jaitner “From our point of view, the method of determining the standard needs is unclean,” explained Maria Loheide, Head of Social … Read more
Forgotten street children (neue-deutschland.de)
»Street children and young people live from begging, theft or prostitution. Some also practice so-called sofa hopping, “states Ronald Prieß, ambassador for the Hamburg street … Read more
Poor incentives and high costs – economists criticize the chaos of corona aid
AThe Federal Government is reacting to the worries and anger of entrepreneurs in the Corona crisis with new aid programs. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) … Read more
Back to work via chat (neue-deutschland.de)
The long-term unemployed often cannot afford a computer. Foto: Aleksandr Davydov / Alamy Stock Photo When the then red-green federal government introduced Agenda 2010 at … Read more
Hartz IV: »Questionable image of man« (neue-deutschland.de)
Save on a bike, a smartphone or a fridge for years? Hartz IV means doing without what is necessary. Photo: Adobe Stock At the hearing … Read more