Germany is speeding up access to its labor market for non-EU citizens

He German government a reform approved today that will facilitate access labor market from qualified non-EU citizenswith a purpose annually attracts around 75,000 workers which would alleviate the shortage of personnel suffered by various economic sectors of the country.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, both Social Democrats, have unveiled a new system, based on a model or point scale that will try to determine the odds of finding employment immigrants who request it.

They will be given a temporary work permit for the duration of the probationary period, and those with certain professional qualifications will be given access to workplaces that are not closely related to their work environment in order to complete their training.

Bureaucratic procedures for these candidates will be “agile,” Faeser said, as will the process of approving their job training, which has been slowed by complex adjustment systems.

The slow recognition of work recognition or higher education degrees has so far been “one of the big obstacles” to attracting skilled workers from outside the EU to Germany, Heil admitted.

“Germany will endow itself with one of the most modern labor regulations in Europe”the chancellor guaranteed for his part Olaf Schölzin an appearance before the Bundestag (Parliament), where he answered the questions of the representatives.

According to recent estimates Federal Employment AgencyRight now seven million jobs need to be filled in Germany in various sectors, from hospitality to public health, as well as IT, mechanical workshops, retail trade and the service sector.

Scholz’s government has repeatedly warned that without the involvement of foreign workers, it will not be possible to achieve the development of renewable energy sources that the country needs or progress in its digitalization.

According to the calculation of the Employment Office, Germany needs to include around 400,000 foreign workers per year or a total of 35 million by 2035..