TalentPartnerID Media — EnglishWorkforce, hiring and labour-market intelligence.https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/enGermany's summer 2026 labour market: 3.06 million unemployed, real wages up 1.5%https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/german-labour-market-mid-2026https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/german-labour-market-mid-2026The Bundesagentur calls labour demand weak while registered unemployment reaches 3,061,000; Destatis reports real earnings 1.5% higher in the second quarter. What both series do and do not show.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLabour MarketGerman contributions 2026: four branches, two ceilings, one rate the statute gets wronghttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/german-employer-contributions-2026https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/german-employer-contributions-2026Germany's 2026 social insurance rates and the Rechengrößen ceilings of EUR 8,450 and EUR 5,812.50 a month — and the two figures an employer cannot read off the statute book.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEmployment EconomicsCzech employer contributions 2026: 24.8 %, 9 % and a ceiling of CZK 2,350,416https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/czech-employer-contributions-2026https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/czech-employer-contributions-2026Three employer rates for social insurance, one health insurance rate split into thirds, and the 2026 maximum assessment base — what an employer with staff in Czechia owes.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEmployment EconomicsPosting workers in the EU: from minimum rates of pay to remuneration, and the 12-month rulehttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/posting-workers-in-the-euhttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/posting-workers-in-the-euThe 1996 directive fixed a floor of host-state terms. The 2018 revision replaced minimum rates of pay with remuneration and put a duration rule on top of it.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTInternational HiringCedefop's skills forecast to 2035: over 4% employment growth, and the unit that changes the answerhttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/cedefop-skills-forecast-to-2035https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/cedefop-skills-forecast-to-2035The 2026 release projects EU-27 employment up over 4% from 2023 to 2035 and ICT professionals and technicians up 2.5% a year. Of the five quoted, one is cumulative, four annual, none a hiring plan.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustries & SkillsEU hourly labour costs, €12.0 to €56.8: what the Eurostat measure countshttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/eu-hourly-labour-costshttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/eu-hourly-labour-costsEurostat's 2025 series puts hourly labour costs at €12.0 in Bulgaria and €56.8 in Luxembourg. What the figure includes, what it excludes, and why the ranking is not a cost comparison.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTResearch & DataThe EU Blue Card salary threshold is a band, not a number: 1.0 to 1.6 times national average payhttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/eu-blue-card-directive-2021-1883https://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/eu-blue-card-directive-2021-1883Directive (EU) 2021/1883 fixes the multiplier range and the six-month contract floor, then leaves the Blue Card salary figure itself to each member state.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTInternational HiringThe job vacancy rate reads 2.6% and 2.8% for Germany in the same quarterhttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/what-the-job-vacancy-rate-measureshttps://talentpartnerid.com/en/media/what-the-job-vacancy-rate-measuresEurostat publishes the job vacancy rate in an adjusted and an unadjusted version. For Q4 2025 they disagree by up to 0.2 points and reorder the country ranking.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTResearch & Data