Current Legislative Proposals To Combat The Energy Crisis

On both 14 and 29 September 2022, the Federal Cabinet passed a multitude of bills to combat the energy crisis and thus set them on their way through parliament. In addition, the Ordinance Amending the Ordinance on Access to Short-Time Work Benefit [Kurzarbeitergeldzugangsverordnung - KugZuV] and the Ordinance Making Short-Time Work Benefit Available to Temporary Agency Workers [Kurzarbeitergeldöffnungsverordnung - KugÖV] entered into force on 30 September 2022. The following article by Jörn Kuhn and Annabelle Marceau provides an overview of current legislative proposals.

1. Planned laws and ordinances

On both 14 and 29 September 2022, the Federal Cabinet passed a multitude of bills as well as formulation aids for bills, which were announced, among other things, as part of the so-called Third Relief Package of the Federal Government to Secure an Affordable Energy Supply and to Strengthen Incomes on 3 September 2022. The planned legislative proposals have thus