Bureaucracy in the skilled trades: ZDH calls for more comprehensive relief

The ZDH has submitted a statement on the draft of the Bureaucracy Reduction Act IV. The law does not provide any noticeable relief for businesses. Therefore, the association proposes ten additional measures.

This article is part of the special topic Bureaucratic madness in the craft industry

Crafts businesses are affected by the sheer Mass of proof, reporting and documentation obligations The extent of the burdens imposed on craft businesses by law alone has more than critical level In order to significantly reduce the burden on businesses, the currently planned Bureaucracy Reduction Act IV (BEG IV) is not enough. "In addition to the noticeable reduction of bureaucracy and a real digitalisation push in administration, what is needed above all bolder measuresto curb new bureaucracy in the long term and sustainably," says Holger Schwannecke.

The craft shows with "practical suggestions"how new bureaucracy can be avoided," said the Secretary General of the Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH). Ten such proposals are part of the Stellungnahme of the ZDH on the draft for the BEG IV. "The bureaucratic burden in everyday business has long since ceased to be a mere nuisance, but a Stress factor for the future viability of the skilled trades and the economic middle class as a whole," the statement reads.

Exploit relief options

Statement and suggestions. Statement from the ZDH.
. ten relief proposals.The thrust of the planned law is correct, it will The need for relief for craft businesses is not being met fairly and do not exhaust the relief options provided by the legislatureIf the law is implemented in this way, the ZDH expects no noticeable relief for the companies. It is not understandable why the draft only contains a "marginal fraction" of the more than 200 submitted as part of the association survey and Federal Statistical Office proposals assessed as feasible were taken into account.

The ZDH calls for the relief potential identified by the Federal Office to fully exploit. The craftsmen are not confronted with a few major stress factors, but with a "hardly manageable sum of regulations and requirements". The operational and personnel structures in the craft sector made it virtually impossible to comply with all regulations no longerWith the BEG, politicians must use the opportunity to send a clear signal to the craftsmen and to effective relief get.

Implement burden moratorium immediately

The BEG IV must be comprehensively enrichedAt least all proposals from the association survey that were assessed as feasible should be taken up, and the other measures in the trades' catalogue of suggestions should be supplemented. Furthermore, the reduction and new burdens should be brought back into the right ratio "The long overdue implementation of the Federal Government's burden moratorium is just as important as an immediate measure as a systematic and consistent avoidance of new, disproportionate bureaucracy."

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