The corona pandemic also had a major impact on the job opportunities of mini jobbers. Their number should continue to increase.
With the relaxation of many corona-related restrictions, the number of mini-jobbers in Germany rose significantly again at the beginning of summer.
At the end of June, more than 6 million marginally employed persons were registered in commercial professions, such as the mini-job headquarters in Bochum announced. This means that around half a million more mini-jobbers are working in the commercial sector than on March 31.
“We are assuming that the number of mini-jobbers will continue to increase,” said Heinz-Günter Held, the manager responsible for the mini-job headquarters at Knappschaft-Bahn-See. Because in many areas there is currently an urgent need for mini-jobbers. The increase is particularly clear in the hospitality industry, which traditionally employs many mini-jobbers. At the end of June 2021, almost 587,000 marginal part-time employees were employed in hotels, restaurants or ice cream parlors – an increase of 63.6 percent compared to the end of March.
According to Minijob-Zentrale, the number of employees has also increased in private households with the decline in corona protective measures. At the end of June 2021, 291,103 registered people were working in private households, for example as cleaning aids, babysitters or gardeners. Three months earlier there were 284,282 people.
The corona pandemic caused the number of mini-jobbers in the commercial sector to fall to the lowest level since records began in 2004.
The mini job center is the collection and reporting point for all marginal employment in Germany and belongs to the association of Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See.
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