The new federal Labor minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) wants to bring long-term unemployed into charitable work with help of a billion program. "We do not want to push long-term unemployed from one short measure to next, but to provide four billion euros to provide people with a long-term perspective on a social labour market," said Heil to newspapers of Spark Media Group .

There has been discussion for a long time about ways to better care for longer-term unemployed with work, which is hardly able to be used in first labour market. Heil said he wanted to develop a concept that would focus on charitable work.

The Greens-labour market expert Beate Müller-Gemmeke said that y welcome fact that federal government is "finally moving". It must be concluded with current short-term programmes. However, it is wrong way to look at only charitable work. Employment must be Labour close.

As first project of his term, Heil called creation of a right of return of part-time workers into full-time employment. It is mainly women who are trapped in part-time trap. The right to return is "an important instrument" for equality between women and men and to avoid age poverty, minister said.

Debate on Hartz IV no furr

Salvation also met assessment of Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), Hartz IV did not mean poverty. "The basic security is at minimum of subsistence," said SPD minister to newspapers. "The discussion that Mr Spahn has initiated does not lead us any furr."

Spahn had said in connection with discussion about interim recording stop for foreigners at Essen table, even without tablets no one must starve in this country. Germany has "one of best social systems in world". Hartz IV does not mean poverty, but is response of solidarity to poverty. The statements were criticized not only by SPD, Greens and left, but also by some CDU politicians.

Date Of Update: 19 March 2018, 12:02