Hartz IV sanctions: “What kind of senseless law is that?” – Economy

Tanja Röder still has a lot to swallow when she remembers. That was in 2016 when she was sanctioned. She was afraid of the job center from the start, explains the 52-year-old: “This huge gap when someone has absolute power over you.” The contact with the authority, which is supposed to help the unemployed, ended traumatically for her, at least that’s how she describes it. She ended up on the street.