The Hartz concept is a set of recommendations that resulted from a commission on reforms to the German labour market in 2002. Named after the head of the commission, Peter Hartz, it went on to become part of the German government's Agenda 2010 series of reforms, known as Hartz I - Hartz IV. The reforms of Hartz I - III took place between January 1, 2003, and 2004; Hartz IV began on January 1, 2005.
The "Hartz Committee" was founded on February 22, 2002, by the federal government led then by Gerhard Schröder; its real name was Kommission für moderne Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt – the Committee for Modern Services in the Labour Market. Its 15 members were led by Peter Hartz, then Volkswagen's personnel director.
The committee devised thirteen "innovation modules", which suggested changes to the German labour market system. These were then put into practice as Hartz I - IV:
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