Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.1 - Administration of the State and the economic, social and environmental policies of the community
84.11 - General public administration activities
10,000 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

The Federal Employment Agency Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) intends to shed 17,000 posts by 2016 in order to save €750 million in administrative costs. The job cuts shall all be realised by natural attrition and by hiring freezes for new staff. The Bundesgentur currently employs 115,300 people.   

10000 of these job losses are to be enacted by the end of 2013.

Sources

  • 6 September 2012: Handelsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74082.