There is criticism from the SPD for a start-up bonus for the long-term unemployed. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also skeptical as to whether the Habeck plan will achieve anything.
Berlin – Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has now expressed skepticism about the effect of a 1,000 euro bonus for long-term unemployed people who take a job. In the program “RTL Direkt special – At the table with Olaf Scholz”, which will be broadcast on Wednesday evening (October 9th), he said: “Personally, I don’t share many people’s theory that you have to lure someone to work because I believe , we were all born to work.”
One Bonus of 1,000 euros for taking up a job “Maybe not useful,” said Scholz. “But it doesn’t do any harm.” At the same time, Scholz expressed his understanding that people who went to work every day but didn’t receive a bonus would be upset about it.
Ampel is planning a bonus for citizens’ benefit recipients – 1,000 euros as an incentive for the unemployed
The traffic light coalition plans to grant a one-off bonus of 1,000 euros to long-term unemployed people who take up employment subject to social insurance contributions and continue to do so for more than a year. This regulation is scheduled to come into force on January 1, 2025.
The aim of the bonus is to create incentives to take up work. At the same time, the cabinet recently tightened the rules for citizens’ benefit recipients, meaning that those who refuse to work face higher penalties.
Criticism of the 1,000 euro bonus for the unemployed – Scholz comments on the Habeck plan
There is also criticism of the planned bonus within the traffic light coalition, which presents a divided picture in a new survey. SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich said in the Rhenish Post Doubts about the effectiveness of the project and emphasized that the SPD parliamentary group was skeptical about the concept.
Mützenich explained that the idea of Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) to “pay a 1,000 euro reward for someone who could and should do the work without the bonus” at first glance contradicted “a healthy sense of justice.”
Despite the concerns raised, the traffic light government wants to stick to the plans. A government spokeswoman emphasized on Monday (October 7th) that the start-up financing for the long-term unemployed should be implemented as planned. (smu/dpa)
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