On 15 February 2023, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the first partial revision of the Unemployment Insurance Act (UIA). In response to motion 16.3884 submitted by Manfred Bühler, it contains a new provision on short-time working compensation for workplace trainers. Parliament will debate the dispatch from the 2023 summer session.
The report on the results of the consultation (in German) is available at Abgeschlossene Vernehmlassungen - 2022.
On 9 December 2022, the Federal Council opened the consultation procedure on the second partial revision of the Unemployment Insurance Act (UIA). In particular, the partial revision will establish legal clarity around the compensation system for the administrative costs of unemployment insurance funds and will extend participation in workplace training for young adults. It therefore responds to Motion Müller 20.3665 "Transparency in the unemployment insurance funds". At the same time, it implements the optimisation potential regarding unemployment insurance offers for young adults, which was identified in the Federal Council report in response to Postulate Jositsch 20.3480. The consultation will run until 20 March 2023.
Mehr Kostentransparenz bei den Arbeitslosenkassen (Medienmitteilung des Bundesrates, 09.12.2022)
Vernehmlassungsunterlagen auf der Webseite der Bundeskanzlei