Hire and Fire
Hire and Fire is a well-known term in German-speaking countries for a flexible personnel policy, when necessary (for example in times of economic upswing or because of a large order) to hire additional workers and to dismiss them quickly when the need subsides or ends (for example in the event of an economic downturn or when a major order has ended and there is no follow-up order).
In addition, the term also describes rapid staff changes (a newly hired employee is dismissed relatively quickly if HR managers are not impressed by his performance and / or his behavior) at all levels of the company.
Often those who were the last to be hired are the first to be laid off by a company that is downsizing. In some cases, German employers are obliged to follow this procedure (see social selection ).
From 1994 onwards, a new Working Hours Act (ArbZG) made working hours more flexible . The Schröder I + II government is considered to be the one that made the labor market more flexible. For example, it facilitated atypical employment - temporary employment and temporary work . Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder did this with the declared will to want to help “problem groups” in the labor market (old, young and low-skilled ). In addition, the government made up of the SPD and the Greens strengthened the responsibility of the unemployed under the motto “ Promote and Demand ”. The Federal Employment Agency (reformed in 2002 ) imposes over one million sanctions annually on Hartz IV recipients from 2011 onwards.
Many see a trend towards “first and second class employment”.
See also
- Law on the social security of flexible working time regulations (ArbZAbsichG) 1998–2006
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- ↑ Employment Agency: Hartz IV: Over a million sanctions NWZ online (dpa), on November 21, 2012, accessed on October 18, 2017
- ↑ spiegel.de: Young workers - "It's all about hire and fire" (Interview with Johannes Giesecke, 2009)