The second form of working time is part-time. Here, employees regularly work shorter hours than comparable full-time employees. Women with children in particular benefit from part-time work. There are almost 9 million employees in part-time jobs. Of these, almost 80 % are female.
A current topic is the decision of the law on the introduction of so-called bridge part-time work. Employees who agree to part-time work after 1 January 2019 are affected by the regulation.
However, the right to bridge part-time work only applies to companies with more than 45 employees. Only then can a temporary part-time phase of between one and five years be applied for. However, almost 15 million people already work in companies with fewer than 45 employees. For this group, the new regulation does not apply at all.
Employees working for companies with up to 200 workers are also affected by a special rule. For every 15 employees, only one must be granted the right to bridge part-time work.
The new law on bridging part-time work is thus not applicable to all workers. And the "part-time trap" remains for most. Bridge part-time work is well-intentioned, but the law was watered down too much during the negotiations.
It can be seen that there are always new ideas and laws relating to working time. However, it always takes time before these can be implemented.
About the author
After graduating as an automotive engineer and industrial engineer, he began his career in the automotive industry in the areas of sales, development and marketing and also spent a year in Japan with one of the largest automotive suppliers.
He then moved to a world-renowned premium car manufacturer, where he was responsible for product marketing in Japan and South America and marketing strategy in North and South America.
In 1994 he decided to become self-employed and founded a personnel consultancy in Munich, where he has been driving development and expansion for over 20 years. As managing director, his industry focus is naturally on the automotive world as well as mechanical and plant engineering.
With his doctorate in the field of aptitude diagnostics, he ideally rounds off his fields of competence, especially with regard to personnel and management consultancy. The dissertation deals with the identification and proof of typical personality traits of engineers as well as the definition of development areas for a successful professional career.
These are scientifically derived and presented in the book "Eignungsdiagnostik im Praxiseinsatz".
At the same time, his focus is on building networks and cooperation models as well as the continuous further development of systems and processes in HR consulting.
Within the last 20 years in personnel consulting, he has developed several brands that are still successful on the market today.
