ifo Institute: Bavaria Has the Most Short-Time Workers
Bavaria is the German federal state with the most short-time workers, according to exclusive figures from the ifo Institute. The ifo survey reveals that an estimated 21 percent of employees subject to social insurance contributions, or 1.2 million people, were on short-time work there in July. In Baden-Württemberg, the figure was 19 percent, or 900,000 people. Lower Saxony and the city-state of Bremen combined had 17 percent, or 580,000 people. “Short-time work is particularly prevalent in states with a major automotive and supplier industry,” says ifo labor market expert Sebastian Link.
In the larger state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the number of short-time workers was 16 percent, or 1.1 million people. Hesse has the same percentage, which equates to 420,000 people. Berlin, Brandenburg, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania together have 15 percent or 430,000 short-time workers; Schleswig-Holstein and the city-state of Hamburg together also have 15 percent, equating to 290,000 people.
Less affected are Saxony, with 14 percent or 230,000 people, and Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, with a combined 13 percent or 240,000 people. Short-time work is least common in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, with 12 percent or 200,000 people.
The ifo Institute estimates that in July, Germany had a total of roughly 5.6 million short-time workers.
