Hello!
The institute or form of student work is the problem. Let's take a closer look.
Who gains and who loses with student work as we know it. And whether it makes any sense to keep it as it is, or whether it would be better to abolish it and to unify and revalorise it with contractual employment, whether fixed-term or permanent, in short, with regular employment.
I myself am in favour of abolishing student work in its present form. Why?
The first thing that the state should do beforehand is to reduce the tax burden on full-time employees. Abolish payroll tax completely, and some other levies. And also change (gradually for the younger generations) the pension system, which is another topic.
Let's look at it from the point of view of a student. A student does not accrue working time during his/her student work - he/she will have to work until the age of 65. The employer does not pay pension contributions and does not pay other insurances - his pension is reduced and the state coffers are deprived. The student has no credible references for further work. The student has no paid holidays, no annual leave allowance and no sick leave. He has no overtime, no holidays, etc. It is harder to get credit. As far as his rights are concerned, he is completely in a subordinate position. In view of these facts and because of the tax advantage, he is cheap labour, which, because he is unprotected, can be exploited even further. Therefore, the price alone puts a person with or without a degree and without student status in an unequal position in terms of employment opportunities. That is to say, the student is also unfair competition for himself in the future. A graduate or a graduate can do a job just as effectively, except that a graduate is cheap and a graduate is not, so it is the graduate who gets the job, not the graduate. And a graduate can be replaced by a new graduate after graduation without any hindrance. Now, if a student exceeds the annual earnings threshold, he or she pays a high price in income tax on his or her net earnings. Parents are not entitled to child benefits as a result of student work. I understand the state wanting students to progress and complete their studies as quickly as possible. That is why it places restrictions on student work earnings. But some people work to improve their poor standard, and some people work to be able to study at all. It is not cheap. But if they get a full-time job, they are penalised by losing their student status, which comes with certain benefits. So it would make the most sense to abolish student work as we know it. The fear that students will then no longer be able to work is unnecessary. Jobs will be available just as they are now, and just as employers will have to get the workforce to do the same jobs as they do now. It is therefore important for the state to drastically reduce the tax burden, which already encourages undeclared work in general. Even now, in the case of loss of student status, where there is no possibility of employment on a student referral.
A uniform system should be introduced. Abolish the student services, which make a fine profit on the shoulders of students, and abolish the job centres and transform these job centres into modern services offering the whole range and all the services that are currently separated between the student services and the job centres. Align student work with regular employment, free of tax burdens. And to revalorise this new way of working, which would become the general form for all jobs of a similar nature, with regular employment. That is to say. In proportion to the work done, the employer pays contributions. In proportion to the work done, length of service is counted. If he works two days a week for four hours, he has completed only one fifth of one year's service. In proportion to his work, he is entitled to annual leave, annual allowance and sick pay. He would be treated equally and proportionately to a full-time employee in terms of income tax. He would be subject to the same provisions on rights and obligations as regards employment on a pro rata basis. At the same time, however, some restrictions should be placed on this type of employment, so that there is no scope for abuse, and so that employers do not then opt for part-time work to an excessive extent, which is already the case under the current arrangements. Students would thus not be in unfair competition with themselves or with others on the labour market. The price would be similar or the same. The State would collect more contributions. There would be no increase in undeclared work. Students would have easier access to credit. They would have official work certificates for future employers. Countless advantages of which they are now deprived. Maybe they would just lose the freedom that student work now brings. Because without rights they have virtually no obligations. If they don't want to work tomorrow, they might as well just not come.