Hartz 1
- The establishment of “Staff Service Agencies” (Personal-Service-Agenturen)
- Support for vocational further education from the Job Agency (Arbeitsagentur)
- Subsistence payments by the Job Agency
Hartz II
- New types of employment, “Minijob” and “Midijob”, with lower or gradually rising taxes and insurance payments to make the labour market more flexible
- A grant for entrepreneurs, known as the “Ich-Company”
Hartz III
- Aimed at restructuring and reforming the Job Centre, changing its name from the Bundesanstalt for Arbeit (BA) or Arbeitsamt (Federal Employment Agnecy) to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit or Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Labour Agency). [...]
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(Hartz I)
- The foundation of "Staff Services agencies" (Personal-Service-Agenturen or PSAs)
- Support for vocational further education from the Job Agency (Arbeitsagentur)
- Subsistence payments by the Job Agency
(Hartz II)
- The new types of employment, "Minijob" and "Midijob", with lower or gradually rising taxes and insurance payments
- A grant for entrepreneurs, known as the "Ich-AG" (Me, Inc.)
- [...]
Hartz III came into effect on 1 January 2004. It aimed at restructuring and reforming the Job Centre, changing its name from the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit or Arbeitsamt (Federal Labour Institution) to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit or Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Labour Agency).
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