Do we need a training levy?

In the coming weeks, the German Federal Government will introduce a bill in the Bundestag for a training levy for companies that fail to provide sufficient training places. Dieter Philipp, Association of German Crafts, and Michael Knipper, Association of the German Construction Industry, warn against such a levy. Prof. Dorothea Alewell, Jena University, and Prof. Bernhard Nagel and Roman Jaich, Kassel University, propose alternative solutions. Prof. Gerhard Bosch, Institute of Labour and Technology in North-Rhine Westphalia, proposes orienting legislation on that of the neighbouring European states.