In an urgent bid to fill its labor shortage, the German government simplified the regulations for employing non-EU nationals through the Immigration Act for Skilled Workers. Here are some other laws and services that protect migrant workers' rights.
An estimated 400,000 foreign workers per year are needed to fill in Germany’s labor shortage in the skills crafts sector, metal and electrical industries, healthcare, and the STEM disciplines of technology and mathematics.
More than 50% of companies view the shortage of skilled workers as the biggest threat to sustaining their business operations.
In March 2020, the government passed the Immigration Act for Skilled Workers and simplified the legal regulations for people from non-European Union countries to live and work in Germany.
Foreign nationals who have made Germany their place of work and residence cite protection against labor exploitation and discrimination as concerns they continuously face.
In a study commissioned by the German Institute for Human Rights, 28 foreign workers, including both European Union and third-country nationals, identified their lack of knowledge of workers’ rights and the language barrier as factors that made them vulnerable to precarious working conditions and exploitation.
When not addressed, these factors compound and often lead to other side effects of exploitation such as incurring debt because of delayed or denied wages or lack of time to learn the language due to extreme working hours....
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