After Hartz IV recipients had the standard rate reduced for missed appointments for 17 years, a study shows that the sanctions probably do more harm than good.
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Helen Ott
The draft law on the planned citizens’ income is to be passed in the government this Wednesday. Shortly before, the handling of recipients of basic security is again discussed controversially. In addition to increasing the standard rates by 50 euros, it is also about the sanctions. In the debate on the reform of Hartz IV, job center employees repeatedly had their say, stating that sanctions were often the last resort in order to establish personal contact with their customers at all. Many who had not yet come into contact with Hartz IV expressed their fear that the unemployed would make themselves comfortable in the social hammock without sanctions.