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Federal Minister Heil on the labor market figures for March 2021The labor market remains fortunately resilient. The spring revival actually caused unemployment to fall a little more in March 2021 than is usual for the time of the year. The demand for new employees has also developed positively. The BA has registered more than 600000 vacancies. The unemployment rate in March was 6.2 percent. A total of 2.8 million people were unemployed around 77000 fewer than in February. At the same time the depressing realization remains that almost half a million more people are unemployed than a year ago.In the coming months three instruments will be used to prevent higher unemployment. Firstly short-time working is and will remain a key factor here. Anyone who is on short-time work can start again immediately as soon as the economy picks up. The fact that we recently extended the simplified access rules for short-time working gives companies and employees security. Second as many school leavers as possible must have the chance of an apprenticeship. The high premiums of up to 6000 euros per training position are intended to help entrepreneurs to give themselves a boost and to train the skilled workers of tomorrow despite the crisis. Thirdly through comprehensive vaccinations and tests we must lay the foundations for the economy to pick up again quickly and for the demand for workers to rise again.
