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Low wages in minijobs as the blemish in the "Jobswunder" in Germany
05/26/2010
A quick look at the graphs for the increase in low wage jobs and the reduction in the number of people classified as jobless in Germany for 1999- 2010 shows a disturbing trend beneath the good numbers- a significant part of the increase in jobs is made up of low wage jobs. In the beginning the minijobs and tax free income for upto 450 euros a month earned on a minijob was designed to be a ladder to full time jobs, but this is now clearly not the case as most offer no future prospects for full time work. Many of these workers are women in retail, restaurant and other parttime work and leads to further dependency and dead end status for them.
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