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Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Around 17,000 older people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania work in a mini-job even though they are already retired.
Their number fell slightly in the wake of the Corona lockdown in the spring from 18 038 in March to 17 486 in April, as can be seen from the state government's response to a small request from the left in the state parliament.
This means that more than one in five mini-jobbers in the northeast was over 65 years of age.
In April, a good 23,000 people in the country also did a mini job in addition to their actual work.
In total there were 80,380 marginally employed persons in MV in the month.
The Left sees a reason for senior mini-jobbers and marginal part-time jobs in low wages and pensions in the northeast.
Many men and women are forced to also have marginal employment, said the labor market spokesman for the left parliamentary group, Henning Foerster.
And there would be more: In the last nine years - from 2010 to 2019 - the number of senior citizens with mini-jobs rose from 10,748 to 18,756.
The number of people with marginal employment in addition to their main job increased from 17,197 to 25,515 in 2019.
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The corona crisis hits these people particularly hard, because many mini-jobs have also collapsed in the northeast, according to Foerster.
More recent figures than April are not yet available.
The State Statistical Office is also assuming a further decline in mini-jobs since spring.
Reliable numbers could not be called yet, said a spokeswoman.