|
|
Der Präsident der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit Bernhard Jagoda warnt davor, die Green Card als Ideallösung zu sehen: Zum einen sei sie keine Dauerlösung, zum anderen verstelle sie den Blick auf die Notwendigkeit, selbst auszubilden. Bis Ende des Jahres fehlen noch 7.000 Ausbildungsplätze im IT-Bereich, um die von der Bundesregierung und der IuK-Wirtschaft im Mai vereinbarte Zahl von 40.000 zu erreichen.
|
|
|
On July 14, the Bundesrat passes the decree on work permits for computer specialists (IT-AV). The so-called Green Card permits foreign computer specialists from non-EU-countries to work in Germany, starting August 1, 2000. The processing time for an application should take a week at most. Specialists interested in working in Germany may either apply directly at a German company or by contacting the Zentralstelle für Arbeitsvermittlung in Bonn (ZAV). Companies may recruit specialists in foreign countries independently or with the help of private employment agencies. Until the end of July, 14,400 vacancies were reported at the labor exchange, most of them in the old Bundesländer. In comparison, 18,000 specialists have addressed inquiries to the ZAV, 9% of which came from Pakistan, and 8% from India and Bulgaria each. On July 31, the Labor Secretary, Walter Riester presents the first Green-Card to Harianto Wijaya. He is a computer specialist who has studied at the technical unversity of Aachen and who is now working for Aixcom, a cellular-network-company. The president of the Federal Office of Employment (Bundesanstalt für Arbeit), Bernhard Jagoda warns of seeing the Green Card as an ideal solution: it were only a short term solution and would block the need to create training programs within Germany. In May, the Federal Government and the IuK-Wirtschaft had agreed on the creation of 40,000 vacancies for training until the end of this year. Accordingly, still 7,000 vacanies need to be created. Bayern, followed by Hessen, Niedersachsen, Thüringen, and Bremen passes the so-called Blue Card. The regulation should simplify the recruitment of experts from various professions in foreign countries. It aims at those professions, in which vacancies would lead to harsh disadvantages in competition for Germany. Which professions this regulation specifically refers to has "yet to be thoroughly examined". The residence permit for the corresponding specialists would be valid for the length of the work contract. SPD and Alliance 90/The Greens criticize the regulation as being "not thoroughly developed". In case of unemployment, employees were granted only 2-3 months to find a new job. In addition, the foreigners would have no right to unemployment or social benefits. Beyond that, Alliance 90/The Greens fear, the Blue Card will create a two-class system of good and bad foreigners. According to results of a survey carried through by EMNID on behalf of n-tv, 57% of the German
|
