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Holger Schäfer IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015 The Future of Temporary Agency Work Between Re-Regulation and Ongoing Qualitative Development
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The Future of Temporary Agency Work Between Re-Regulation and Ongoing Qualitative Development
Holger Schäfer IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

The Future of Temporary Agency Work Between Re-Regulation and Ongoing Qualitative Development

IW-Trends

German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

In recent years, temporary work has not been booming as strongly as it was in the years before the crisis of 2009. The question arises as to whether this flattening of growth is primarily a temporary effect of the business cycle or constitutes evidence of structural changes such as might have been caused by ever tighter statutory regulation. The stricter regulation envisaged by Germany’s current grand coalition government could inhibit the function of temporary agency work in labour market policy without offering any prospect of further qualitative development. This will prove a problem for temporary agency employees. For example, in the case of a restriction on the assignment period for temporary agency workers, the proportion of clients who would prefer to dispense with this business service altogether is, at 32 per cent, higher than the 29 per cent who would be prepared to take on the temporary employees themselves.

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The Future of Temporary Agency Work Between Re-Regulation and Ongoing Qualitative Development
Holger Schäfer IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

Holger Schäfer: Die Zukunft der Zeitarbeit zwischen Re-Regulierung und qualitativer Weiterentwicklung

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German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

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Wido Geis-Thöne IW-Trends No. 3 4. August 2023

Part-time Jobs for Teenagers – A Question of Home Background

A part-time job that does not detract from their other activities can help young people to acquire competences and practise skills which will later benefit them in the labour market.

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Hans-Peter Klös / Holger Schäfer IW-Report No. 19 6. May 2020

IW Labour Market Monitoring April 2020

As expected, firms react to the sudden drop in their demand for labour with a chain of different policies. The statistics show a severe decrease in hirings.

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