Legal Act on Labour Market Reforms (from 1945-1990: West Germany)

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Older unemployed persons (aged 55+).

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

Gesetz zu Reformen am Arbeitsmarkt

Date of passage/approval

24^th December 2003

Date of signature

30^th December 2003

Date of publication

1^st January 2004

Are the effects retroactive?

No

Actors

Federal Government (Coalition of Social Democratic Party (SPD)) and Alliance 90/The Greens; Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD);
President Johannes Rau; Chancellor Gerhard Schröder; Minister of Economics and Labour Wolfgang Clement

Original full text source in native language

BGBl. I 2003: 3002

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav

The Federal Government introduced this regulation to increase the pressure on older persons to re-enter the labour market and to prevent that the reception of long-term unemployment benefits would encourage early retirement.

Secondary literature

Frerichs, F. "Demografischer Wandel und Arbeitsmarktpolitik für ältere Arbeitnehmer/innen: Das Vereinigte Königreich, Japan und Deutschland im Wohlfahrtsstaatsvergleich". Dortmunder Beiträge zur Sozial- und Gesellschaftspolitik 59. LIT Verlag, Münster (2009).