In a nationwide raid, the customs authorities searched for evidence of social security fraud and illegal employment in the care sector. The action was directed against a complex of companies that provide care staff for 24-hour care in private households, according to the public prosecutor’s office in Dortmund and the main customs office in Münster. […]
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VDMA: Only one in two mechanical engineering companies can find enough apprentices
The shortage of skilled labour is affecting many sectors in Germany. It has now also reached the traditional branch of mechanical engineering. At the start of the new training year, many apprenticeship places remain unfilled. This is because there is a lack of qualified applicants, according to the industry association VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und […]
New statistics on foreign professional qualifications: Large proportion in nursing professions
Germany’s Federal Statistical Office has published new statistics on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications. According to the figures, the number of positive recognition procedures increased from 52,300 in 2022 to 65,300 in 2023 (up 25 per cent). This is 11% more than in the previous year. Compared to 2016, when Destatis recorded the recognition […]
German government decides on 18-month nursing assistant education
The German government has decided to introduce a new nursing assistant education programme. The aim of the bill is to ensure that nursing assistants in future undergo a nationally standardised, appropriately remunerated training. Because Germany is divided into 16 federal states, which are allowed to have a say in educational matters, the introduction of such […]
KOFA: employing international skilled workers
The Competence Centre for Securing Skilled Workers, or KOFA for short, is a project commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection that provides advice and support to decision-makers in companies in the form of information and tips. Logically, KOFA encourages the recruitment of personnel from so-called third countries. ‘Looking abroad expands […]
In the first half of 2024: Germany issues more than 80,000 work visas
In the first half of this year, more than 80,000 visas were issued to people who want to work in Germany. About half of them are skilled workers. This means that the number has increased by around 5% compared to the previous year. In view of the acute shortage of skilled workers, major German business […]
For nursing: all German technical terms in one app
Do you hear a technical term and have no idea what it means? Do you come across technical terms in your textbook and don’t know what they mean? Just look it up in the app and you’ll know what it means! This is how the specialist book publisher Elsevier advertises its app. Bronchopneumonia? Sputum? Mediastinum? […]
Care for the elderly: significantly higher wages for qualified nurses
Skilled workers in the care of the elderly currently earn 53 per cent more than in 2015. This is the result of the new wage atlas of the Federal Employment Agency. In hardly any other occupational field have wages increased more in recent years than in the care of the elderly. The employers’ association bpa […]
Update: Language test for foreign nurses. Overview of all federal states
The law was passed in 2015. It was to have been implemented from 2020. In 2023, Bavaria was the first to dare to introduce the language test for physiotherapists, among others… But since no other federal state did anything, the introduction of this test, which has long been mandatory for human medicine throughout Germany (at […]