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Image sources: © Federal Minister Heil: Susie Knoll www.bmas.de · [email protected] PStS Kramme: BPA/Denzel, PStS Griese: Susie Knoll StS Gebers, StS Böhning, StS Schmachtenberg: J. Konrad Schmidt/BMAS Responsibilities The Head of the Ministry The Directorates-General Directorate-General for The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is has been Political Coordination responsible at legislative level for numerous policy Minister of Labour and Social > Press fields ranging from labour market policy Affairs since 14 March 2018. > Public Relations to labour law, occupational safety and health, He is supported by two > Information pensions and social security all the way to the Parliamentary State Secretaries > Political Planning integration of people with disabilities and the area and three Permanent State of Social Europe and International Affairs. Secretaries. Central Directorate-General Z > Personnel Its primary focus is on strengthening the labour > Budget market and ’s social security system on a > Organisation long-term basis and fostering social cohesion and social integration. Central Directorate-General DA lt additionally works to establish the conditions > Digital Transformation necessary for equitable labour market policies of the World of Work Parliamentary State Secretary and reducing unemployment at national and Directorate-General I inter national level. > Basic Issues of the Social State, The Ministry‘s immediate area of responsibility the World of Work and Social includes the: Market Economy > Federal Labour Court Parliamentary State Secretary Directorate-General II Kerstin Griese > Federal Social Court > Labour Market Policy > Federal Insurance Office > Emplo yment of Foreign Workers > Federal Institute for Occupational > Unemployment Insurance Safety and Health > Basic Income Support Permanent State Secretary The Ministry’s indirect purview includes the Leonie Gebers for Jobseekers Federal Employment Agency, which is subject to Directorate-General III the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Labour > Labour Law and Social Affairs. > Oc cupational Safety and Health Permanent State Secretary The Ministry‘s indirect purview includes the Björn Böhning Directorate-General IV follow ing bodies which are subject to the legal > Social Insurance supervision of the Federal Insurance Office: > Old-Age Security > German Federal Pension Insurance Directorate-General V > German Pension Insurance Permanent State Secretary Miners, Railway and Maritime Dr. Rolf Schmachtenberg > Participation > Federal Accident Insurance Fund > Ma tters relating to > Other accident insurance funds The Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Persons with Disabilities which are under direct federal control relating to Persons with Disabilities and the Federal > Social Compensation > Social Insurance Fund for Agriculture, Government Commissioner for Social Insurance > Social Assistance Forestry and Horticulture. Elections are attached to the Ministry. Directorate-General VI > European and International Employment and Social Policy > ESF