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Social Code, Book III – Promotion of Employment
Sozialgesetzbuch Drittes Buch (SGB III) – Arbeitsförderung
The Social Code – Book III (SGB III) – regulates the promotion of employment. It is the successor of the Promotion of Employment Act (Arbeitsförderungsgesetz) and comprises all services and measures for the promotion of employment and regulations on unemployment insurance. It is thus the basis for the work of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and the employment agencies (Agenturen für Arbeit).
The purpose of the services for the promotion of employment is to contribute to a high level of employment and a constant improvement of the employment structure. The main goal of the promotion of employment is to prevent unemployment, or, if this has already occurred, to end it as soon as possible. This objective is realised by job counselling and recruitment services, as well as by services for the active promotion of employment. They take priority over passive services (unemployment benefits).
For young people starting out in their careers, the employment agencies provide comprehensive services with their special U25 teams. This includes free counselling and recruitment offers and services to promote people taking up vocational training (e. g. participation in a job-preparatory education measure, in aids accompanying training or in a vocational training measures in an out-of-company institution). Furthermore, they benefit from the remaining services for employees, employers and supporters (e. g. services for the support of counselling and job recruitment, mobility assistance). In order to enable a person to take a company or out-of-company training course in a recognised training profession, the Employment Agency pays apprentices a Vocational Training Subsidy (Berufsausbildungsbeihilfe) if they meet certain prerequisites.
For young people starting out in their careers, the employment agencies provide comprehensive services with their special U25 teams. This includes free counselling and recruitment offers and services to promote people taking up vocational training (e. g. participation in a job-preparatory education measure, in aids accompanying training or in a vocational training measures in an out-of-company institution). Furthermore, they benefit from the remaining services for employees, employers and supporters (e. g. services for the support of counselling and job recruitment, mobility assistance). In order to enable a person to take a company or out-of-company training course in a recognised training profession, the Employment Agency pays apprentices a Vocational Training Subsidy (Berufsausbildungsbeihilfe) if they meet certain prerequisites.
The Federal Government and the Federal Employment Agency can make agreements on the employment policy goals. The agreements may include approvals or consents as required by the Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch).
The employment agencies particularly provide services for employers and employees by:
- regularly informing employers about training and labour market developments, people in search of an apprenticeship, available specialists and vocational training measures, as well as offering labour market counselling tailored to the company and job recruitment services
- counselling employees on preparing to choose a career and the development of their professional options, making them recruitment offers at the start of their training or career in accordance with their skills, as well as providing other employment promotion services.
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