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Peter Hartz (born 9 August 1941 in
Sankt Ingbert St. Ingbert (; sometimes spelled in full as Sankt Ingbert; or ''Dimbert'') is a town in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany with a population of 34,971 (2021). It is situated approximately 10 km north-east of Saarbrücken and 10&n ...
) is a German businessman. He was the human resources executive at
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(VW). Hartz became notable as adviser to
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and former
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,
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, with whom Hartz developed the so-called '' Hartz-reforms'' of the German labour market and job agencies.


Resignation

On 8 July 2005, Hartz offered his resignation (which was accepted a few days later) amidst allegations of wrongdoings in his area of responsibility at
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, which include : # kickbacks to
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managers from bogus companies doing real estate business with
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, especially at the
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subsidiary
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; # favours to members of the
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(''Betriebsrat''), which are illegal under German law (the chairman of the VW works council, , had resigned 30 June 2005). # The contracting of
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s at the company's expense, sometimes in company-owned apartments and under the influence of
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, which had been prescribed by the company's medical service.


Conviction

Following a deal with the prosecution, Hartz confessed to the charges, and on 25 January 2007, he was convicted to a prison term of 2 years, but set free on probation, and to a fine of .


References

1941 births Living people People from Sankt Ingbert Volkswagen Group people Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Federal Order of Merit who returned their decoration {{crime-bio-stub