New hires - Every third new employment contract is fixed-term
Every third employee in Thuringen receives a fixed-term employment contract at the time of hiring. Thuringen is therefore slightly below the West German average of 34 percent, according to a spokesperson for the Left party's state parliamentary faction, who referred to data from the Institute for Labor Market and Vocational Research of the Federal Labor Agency on Thursday. About half of the fixed-term contracts have no valid reason.
The labor market politician of the Left party faction, Lena Saniye Güngör, stated that the high proportion of groundless fixed-term contracts in Thuringen, as well as nationwide, brings uncertainty for employees and represents a precarious employment form. "Therefore, it is necessary to limit them and not let them become the norm." According to her statements, young job entrants are particularly affected.
Given the rising labor and skilled labor demand in Thuringen, young people should be offered a long-term and attractive perspective. "This begins with unlimited employment relationships," said Güngör. She sees the Federal Government and the Bundestag as responsible for changing the Part-time and Fixed-Term Employment Act to exclude groundless fixed-term contracts.
- In her appeals to the Federal Government and Bundestag, Lena Saniye Güngör, the labor market politician from the Left party's state parliamentary faction in Thuringia, proposed amendments to the Part-time and Fixed-Term Employment Act to prevent the normalization of groundless fixed-term contracts, as highlighted by the IAB's Labor Market and Vocational Research data.
- As a response to the high proportion of unjustified fixed-term contracts in Thuringia, which was revealed by the Institute for Labor Market and Vocational Research of the Federal Labor Agency, Güngör suggested that the employment contracts of new hires in Thuringia, like in Erfurt, should preferably be of an indefinite duration to provide young job entrants with security and a long-term perspective in the IAB's district.
3.Recognizing the importance of the IAB in shaping Thuringia's labor market, Güngör advocated for the revision of Thuringia's Employment contract policies, focusing on the reduction of groundless fixed-term contracts and the promotion of permanent employment opportunities for young hires, following the Left party's faction's concerns about the negative impact of these contracts on the labor market of Thuringia, including the city of Erfurt, as reported by the spokesperson.
