Returners
Women returning to work or women returners are those after a family-related career break to start work again want.
Definition in the Social Security Code
In terms of Section 20 of Book III of the Social Security Code (SGB III), these are women or men who “1. have interrupted their gainful employment or unemployment or an in-company vocational training due to the care and upbringing of children in need of supervision or the care of relatives in need of care and 2. want to return to gainful employment in a reasonable time afterwards. "
People on parental leave are not returnees because they are not considered unemployed (within the meaning of the law).
Promotion of job returnees
Before the reorganization of German unemployment policy as part of the Hartz IV laws , women returning to work were among the most important support groups. Today they have neither a legal claim to maintenance if they make a training course for re-entry, nor is there facilitated conditions for participation in training programs: Today, the reintegration grants for women returning to work one are discretionary power ( § 29 para 1 SGB II.).
Advice and educational offers for those returning to work
Nevertheless, there are a number of advisory and educational offers for those returning to work. B. financed with European funds or from equality funds of the federal states and offered by local sponsors. Some women's education programs are aimed at women in the family phase or women returning to work. So z. For example, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, women and men have been supported with the NRW education check since 2008 , with which half of the costs incurred - up to a maximum of € 500 per education check - are covered when participating in professional training seminars. In addition, a service network is provided for orientation, information and advice on returning to work for those returning to work - both women and men - which supports the modules of the Citizens' Center and Service Center "North Rhine-Westphalia Direct", which have already been successfully operated in other subject areas. and the “Competence Network Modern Work” (KomNet) is used for this purpose and its publicly accessible knowledge database can be used.
Orientation courses are measures that support women in their fundamental personal and professional reorientation during or after a family phase. In addition, there are vocationally qualifying offers that often qualify in the office or social area.
In cooperation with the Federal Employment Agency (BA), the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) has been supporting women who have left working life for several years due to family reasons and want to return to work with the action program “Perspective Return to work ". To this end, offers and initiatives were bundled and exchanges with countries and associations promoted. At 20 model locations nationwide, women returning to work receive advice tailored to their needs.
literature
- Veronika Hammer : Women after the family phase. An orientation course in practice. Paulo Freire, Oldenburg 2002, ISBN 3-934129-27-7
- Cornelia Feider: Returnees . Employment and family histories after qualification measures from a biographical perspective. Bertelsmann, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-7639-3232-1
- Tanja Mühling, Harald Rost, Marina Rupp: Mothers return to work. Organization of life in the context of the new parental allowance. Barbara Budrich, Leverkusen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8474-0071-4
- Eva Munz, Wolfgang Seifert, Bertram Cloos: Women between work and family. Developments in North Rhine-Westphalia 1997–2005. Peter Pomp, Bottrop 2007, MGFFI NRW 1053 ( PDF download 1.9 MB )
Individual evidence
- ↑ KomNet service network Modern work. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 2, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Action program “Perspective re-entry” , website of the action program for women