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| Original name: | Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Beschäftigungschancen älterer Menschen |
| Name: | Act to Improve Employment Opportunities For Older Workers. |
| Country: | Germany |
| Subject(s): | Older workers |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2007-04-14 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Bonn, Germany, 2007-04-24, Vol. I, No. 15, pp. 538-541 |
| ISN: | DEU-2007-L-84399 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=84399&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Bonn, Germany, 2007-04-24, Vol. I, No. 15, pp. 538-541 Law on-line in German  Bundesgesetzblatt, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Ministry of Justice, Germany PDF (consulted on 2010-10-11) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The Law imposes a number of solutions in order to improve the employment opportunities of older workers including: - Integration subsidies for employers for hiring older workers (aged 50 years and over); - "Combination wage" for older unemployed workers, for taking a new lower paid job; - Increased promotion of vocational training; - New option of a fixed-term employment lasting up to five years for workers aged 52 and over. |
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