Bremen Training Fund: New boost for training in the state!

Bremen will introduce a training levy at the turn of the year in order to increase the training rate in the city. All companies are obliged to pay a levy; Companies that provide sufficient training receive relief. The goal is to increase the number of trainees in Berlin by 2,000 from 32,535 to 34,535 within two years nd-current reported.

The existing catalog of the Alliance for Training includes 47 measures to achieve this target. It should be noted that the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB) reported a 0.3% decline in newly concluded training contracts compared to the previous year. The number of training contracts has fallen from 16,800 to 14,600 since 2013. While the number of jobs offered fell by 1.4% to 15,700, demand fell by 2.1% to 19,000 jobs over a similar period.

Legal protection and mechanisms for the training levy

The Bremen State Court legally approved the training fund, even though professional associations had filed a lawsuit. According to the law in Bremen, companies must pay 0.27% of their gross wages into the training fund and receive 2,250 euros back per trainee. In the event of violations of the law, there is a risk of fines of up to 500,000 euros. Smaller companies with an annual salary of less than 150,000 euros can be exempt from the tax, which is intended to make it easier to spend funds on training in Bremen, as well buten and within reported.

The Bremen ruling was viewed as positive by SPD MP Sven Meyer, while Green MP Tonka Wojahn called for an immediate introduction of a training levy for Berlin. The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) Berlin-Brandenburg refers to existing collectively agreed training levies in some sectors and appeals to the Berlin business associations to conduct a dialogue on the introduction of a training fund.