Central

• According to the BL, “labour law, including the organisation of enterprises, occupational health and safety, and employment agencies, as well as social security, including unemployment insurance” are areas of concurrent competence (i.e. shared between federal and Länder level)
• General legislation on labour market policy (Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesetz)
• Framework programmes for job creating measures
• Public Employment Service (Mediation of Jobs) - Federal Agency for Employment
• Unemployment insurance (Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Federal Agency for Employment)
• Labour law
• Health and Safety at Work
• Stimulate integration into the labour market
• Developing the labour market

Regional

• According to the BL, “labour law, including the organisation of enterprises, occupational health and safety, and employment agencies, as well as social security, including unemployment insurance” are areas of concurrent competence (i.e. shared between federal and Länder level)
• Enforcement measures
• Job-creating measures in cooperation with federal level
• Promotion of local employment and economic development such as promotion of entrepreneurship, skills training in small and medium-sized companies and training for young people,
• Special labour market programs for target groups such as women, youth and the long-term unemployed that complementing those of the Federation,
• Several advisory bodies in the field of labour

Intermediate level - Kreise

• Implementation of the Social Code II (SGB II): local government may assume full responsibility for assisting long-term unemployed persons (Approved Local Providers), or form a consortium with the local job centre of the Federal Agency for Employment (Joint Local Agencies).
• Important factors in the labour market as:
• Employers,
• Actors in business promotion

Local ​

• Implementation of the Social Code II (SGB II): local government may assume full responsibility for assisting long-term unemployed persons (Approved Local Providers), or form a consortium with the local job centre of the Federal Agency for Employment (Joint Local Agencies).
• Job creating measures
• Advisory services
• Local partnerships with social and economic players on local level
• Important factors in the labour market as:
• Employers,
• Actors in business promotion

Responsible ministries/bodies

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency)

Sources

Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency)

Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales

Matthias Schulze-Böing Local Employment Policy: Challenge for Local Government Strategy and Practice

Oschmiansky, F. & Kühl, J., Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Bundesländer

Reinhard Wieczorek, Local Labour Market and Employment Policy