Employment: Negative signals from the German labour market

Poor order situation and a lame economy: German companies continue to reduce the number of their employees. This is likely to have consequences for unemployment.

The labour market barometer of the IAB gives an impression of the development for the next three months. This is not positive.

Berlin, 27 March 2025. The current prognosis of the Institute for Labour Market and Occupational Research (IAB) shows that while the manufacturing sector loses around 170,000 jobs between 2020 and 2025, the public sector is growing by nearly one million jobs in the same period – by an additional 180,000 in 2025 alone. Particularly affected are the areas of "education, health and public services". The Labour and Social Policy Spokesman of the AfD…

The employment barometer of the Munich economists has fallen to the second worst value since the high phase of the Corona pandemic. The situation in industry is particularly bad.

On 26 March 2025, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN-BRK) became 16 years old. Nevertheless, this anniversary is no reason to be pleased: Especially with regard to the labour market, Lower Saxony is still far from equal participation of people with disabilities. The Social Association of Germany (SoVD) in Lower Saxony therefore calls for a more consistent implementation of the UN Directive and more support for emplo…

Nuremberg - The labour market barometer of the IAB gives an impression about the development for the next three months. This is not positive.