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Act to improve the qualifications prospects and to establish more protection in unemployment insurance (Qualification Prospects Act) (BGBl I 48/2018)

Country(ies)

Germany

Subjects (Classification)

Unemployment benefit

Adopted on (Date of text)

2018-12-18

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Original title

Gesetz zur Stärkung der Chancen für Qualifizierung und für mehr Schutz in der Arbeitslosenversicherung (Qualifizierungschancengesetz)

Abstract/Citation

Aim of the Act is to expand employees digitalization skills and therefore be them prepared for digitalization transformation in the job market. Federal Employment Agency is to support employees in such continuing education projects: i.e. covers part of the training costs, also employers receive subsidies for releasing worker for training during working hours (level of subsidies depends on of the size of enterprise).
Article 1. Amendment to the Social Code — Book III — Employment Promotion: §31 Principles of vocational counseling; §82 employees vocational training
Article 2. Further amendments to the Social Code — Book III
Article 3. Amendment to the Social Code — Book II -Basic Security for Job seeker
Article 4. Amendment to the Social Code — Book IV
Article 4a. Amendment to the Act on Old-age insurance for Farmers
Article 4b. Amendment to the Act to promote agricultural employment
Article 4c. Amendment to the Second Farmers' Sickness Insurance Act
Article 4d. Amendment to the Civil Code
Article 4e. Amendment to the Works Constitution Act
Article 4f. Amendment to the Collective Agreements Act
Article 4g. Amendment to the Act on work at home
Article 5. Further amendments
Article 6. Entry into force.