Amendments To The German Social Code Book III (SGB III)

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The decision of the Federal Labour Court [Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG] dated 20 March 2012, pursuant to which the scaling of holiday claims according to age under the Collective Agreement for the Public Service [Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst, TVöD] was declared invalid, is the first labour law judgment of 2012 to trigger considerable media coverage.
Germany Employment and HR

Through the German Act to Improve Chances of Integration on the Employment Market [Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Eingliederungschancen am Arbeitsmarkt] dated 20 December 2011, considerable amendments are to be made to the German Social Code Book III [Sozialgesetzbuch III, SGB III] with effect as of 1 April 2012. The Act contains important new provisions regarding the job placement of unemployed persons.
 
In the course of this reform of the law there will simultaneously be a systematic restructuring of Secs. 1 – 184 et seq. SGB III, which will make a review of all documents which refer to the provisions of the SGB III necessary. For example, the provisions on remuneration for short-time work can now be found in Secs. 95 to 109 SGB III (previously Secs. 169 to 182). Provisions on transfer services can be found in future in Secs. 110 and 111 SGB III (previously Sec 216a and 216b). The provisions of particular relevance to cancellation agreements on the reduction of unemployment benefit and on the suspension of the claim to unemployment benefit can be found in future under Secs. 155 to 160 SGB III (previously Secs. 141 to 146).

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