The order situation is good. More and more companies are turning to temporary staffing.
The temporary staffing market in Germany has seen significant growth in recent years. Growth spurt. According to the official figures of the Federal Employment Agencywhich extend to the summer of 2015, around 960,000 people were employed as temporary workers at mid-year. Two years earlier, the figure was around 100,000 fewer. Temporary workers accounted for 2.7 percent of all employees in Germany.
The growth is based not least on the significant Increase in full-time positions in the temporary staffing industry of ten percent since June 2013, while this figure is only three percent when all employees in Germany are taken into account. A full 78 percent of all temporary jobs are now full-time jobs, while this figure is significantly lower for all jobs in Germany at 63 percent.
The warehousing industry offers the most job opportunities for temporary workers, followed by metalworking, mechanical engineering and office work. Franz & Wach is also active for you in all these and many other fields of activity and can of course find you a job there.
SPD in conversation about temporary work with Franz & Wach
Dr. Jens Katzek (SPD) visits Franz & Wach branch in Leipzig Every summer, temporary employment agencies offer politicians a visit via the German Federal Employers' Association for Personnel Services (BAP). Under the title "Praxistest Zeitarbeit" (Practical Test of Temporary Employment), members of the Bundestag and candidates for the Bundestag visit individual companies to gain an insight into current issues and concerns surrounding temporary employment. Last Monday, we were visited by the [...]
Are you familiar with the term "subsidiary liability"? It describes a liability principle that can be very expensive for employers, because if a contracted staffing service provider becomes insolvent, the client company will be asked to pay - for all social security contributions of the temporary workers employed by it. Don't let this scenario even come close and put [...]
Christmas business: seasonal workers are now in demand
Without seasonal workers from temporary employment, many gift tables will remain empty Christmas is just around the corner. Not only in supermarkets, where speculoos and dominoes have taken over the sales areas. A look at the job boards also shows that Christmas is approaching, because many industries are looking for seasonal workers. Internet department store Amazon reports 13,000 job openings nationwide. [...]
Collective wage increase in temporary staffing as of April 1
Collectively agreed wages in temporary employment will rise on April 1. This also increases the number of cases in which temporary workers earn more than permanent employees. The next collective wage increase in temporary staffing takes effect at the beginning of the month. As a result, the minimum wage in temporary employment will rise to 13 euros per hour, one euro above the currently applicable statutory minimum wage. Across all pay groups [...]
Germany's largest single trade union changes the rules on temporary staffing and sets an example for the entire temporary staffing industry. IG Metall's decisions affect a particularly large number of temporary workers, as a great many companies are affected. This is by no means limited to the metal and electrical sector, as the union also represents the wood/plastics, textile/clothing, steel, and information [...]
Opportunities instead of hurdles for the low-skilled
People without vocational qualifications bear a particularly high risk of being affected by unemployment. Although the general unemployment rate in Germany is lower than ever before, almost one in five low-skilled workers suffers from not finding employment, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). But there are always opportunities. A temporary job at [...]
Franz & Wach is among the top 25 personnel service providers
Our milestone of joining the ranks of the top 25 personnel service providers in terms of revenue was achieved unexpectedly quickly. There are good reasons for this. It was an ambitious goal when our management set the course two years ago: we wanted to become one of the top 25 staffing companies by 2020. At the time, we were just in 50th place and it was foreseeable [...]
The German Personnel Leasing Act (AÜG) is facing major reforms. The German government had announced that it would present the new draft law in the next few days. We will list the most important "innovations" and explain what effects they will have on temporary workers. Maximum period of 18 months The duration of a temporary worker's assignment to a client company is to be limited to a maximum of 18 months in the future [...]
The extension of the maximum period of temporary employment in the metal and electrical industry to 48 months is about to be concluded. Following the agreement between IG Metall and the employers' association Gesamtmetall, the official decision is now pending as part of negotiations on industry surcharges. The agreement makes it clear that IG Metall also understands the benefits of the extended maximum period of temporary employment [...]
Labor market: long-term unemployment almost halved
The number of people who have been unemployed for at least a year or more fell significantly in just under a decade. While around 1.9 million people in Germany were still affected by long-term unemployment at its peak in 2006, the number had fallen to around one million by 2014, according to statistics from the Federal Employment Agency. The [...]
