"It starts with the visa process, which takes in documents from around the world that wind up at the feet of caseworkers who don't always carry out complex regulations in a uniform and transparent way." "Nearly every other country in the world has a completely different training system than Germany," the Chambers of Commerce said in a statement supporting a reform. "It's not a position to do that."Ĭompanies are already hiring untrained workers and then helping them learn on the job, he said.
"As it is now, the state decides who is suited for a company," Winter, the IDS director, said. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil have said German employers could then help their workers obtain the necessary training. Proposed changes include opening the labor market to those with a contract, even if they lack a recognized certification for the job. The German government is looking to reform that law and lay out its key points in September.
In its first year, it only attracted 30,000, which Brücker called a "disappointment." Skilled labor is hard to come by in all parts of industry Lackluster labor lawsĪ law passed in 2020 was supposed to encourage the 400,000 foreign workers Germany needs every year to come and stay in Germany.