Berlin Company Panel - More than every second dismissal comes from the employee
According to experts, Berlin employees feel increasingly encouraged to quit their jobs and look for something new due to the shortage of skilled workers. More than one in two staff departures (54%) in Berlin's economy last year were due to employees leaving their jobs, according to the latest Berlin Company Panel, which was presented by the Senate Department for Labor in Berlin on Wednesday. This was ten percentage points more than in the previous year.
Only every fourth employment relationship was terminated by the employer, with the remainder being retirements, for example. Since 2010, the share of employee terminations in all staff departures has therefore more than doubled.
"We have a clear employee market due to the high demand for skilled workers," said Senator for Labor Cansel Kiziltepe. Employers must adapt to this situation in order to remain attractive to employees, retain existing employees and attract new ones.
The Senate believes that Berlin companies still have a lot to do, particularly when it comes to training. According to the survey, only 17 percent of the capital's companies provide training. Nationwide, however, the figure is almost 30 percent. According to other studies by the Senate Administration, the proportion of companies in the capital that provide training is even lower. This means that not even every second company with a training license offers training.
"In around half of the cases, the quality of the applicants was the main reason why training places were not filled," said Silke Kriwolutzky, Managing Director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Structural Analyses (Söstra), which evaluated the survey for the company panel. From July to November 2022, around 980 Berlin companies were surveyed on labor issues relating to training, the need for skilled workers, collective bargaining and gender relations.
Press release Senate Department
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- Given the labor shortage in Berlin, some experts suggest that the Senate should consider implementing policies to encourage employers to provide more training, thus reducing the need for employees to seek employment elsewhere.
- The termination of employment by the employer accounted for only 25% of staff departures in Berlin last year, highlighting the ongoing challenge of addressing the city's labor shortage.
- The Berlin Company Panel's findings indicate that the termination of employment by employees has significantly increased, reaching 54% in 2021, and experts believe that this trend may be driven by the skills gap and the allure of better opportunities in a tight labor market.
Source: www.stern.de
