Tag: minimum wage
Employers expect changes from the Bundestag
Bartender in Bavaria According to the draft law, the statutory minimum wage is to rise to twelve euros per hour as of October 1st. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Confederation of…
SPD sees the Saarland model as a model for the federal government
SPD Vice President Anke Rehlinger and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil In the opinion of the Social Democrats, the public sector should not have to make tendering competitions at the expense…
Lower wage limit for geriatric nurses rises to 14 euros
Nurse and resident of a nursing home Wages for workers in geriatric care are expected to rise sharply. (Photo: dpa) The lower wage limit in geriatric care will rise by…
Employers sharply criticize planned law
The minimum wage should in future be twelve euros gross per hour Employers view the planned procedure more critically than the level of wages. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of…
Stepstone CEO Dettmers: “We are discussing unemployment”
Dusseldorf The online job platform Stepstone may be on the verge of an IPO. “We are examining all options,” said CEO Sebastian Dettmers in the podcast “Handelsblatt Disrupt”. The Handelsblatt…
These are the four consequences of the largest salary increase in German history
Berlin During the election campaign, the SPD had promised a salary increase for ten million people. The planned increase in the minimum wage is “the very concrete expression of a…
Minimum wage is apparently to rise to twelve euros on October 1st
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil Berlin Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil wants to implement a key campaign promise made by the SPD on October 1 and raise the minimum wage…
Minimum wage is apparently to rise to twelve euros on October 1st
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil Berlin According to Reuters information, Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil wants to raise the statutory minimum wage to twelve euros in one step on October 1…
Corona slows the rise in training wages
Berlin Last year, the wages of trainees rose by just 2.5 percent, similar to the first Corona year. The plus was thus again significantly lower than in the years before…
“Minimum wage of 12 euros will come in 2022”
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil “Millions of people in Germany benefit – including many women and many people in East Germany.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil wants to…
A minimum wage of twelve euros would devalue sectoral collective agreements
If the increase to twelve euros comes this year, a number of collectively agreed industry minimum wages will be exceeded, some of which provide for lower remuneration beyond 2022. These…
Every third full-time employee is threatened with a gross pension of less than 1,300 euros
Parcel distribution center from Amazon The Ministry of Labor gave information about the calculation after a small request from the left-wing parliamentary group. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Every third full-time employee…
Minimum wage rises to 9.82 euros
minimum wage The minimum wage increases on January 1st. (Photo: dpa) The statutory minimum wage in Germany will rise to 9.82 euros per hour on January 1st. It is currently…
The most important tax changes in 2022: Where taxpayers benefit
Frankfurt In the corona pandemic, the state is spending the money with full hands. Economic aid alone is the most extensive in the history of the Federal Republic. The bill…
IW study sees the risk of a wage-price spiral
Berlin The current high inflation rates not only annoy customers in the supermarket and petrol stations, but also worry the unions. If prices continue to rise, there must be “a…
The low-wage sector is both a blessing and a curse
Berlin They work in bars, deliver parcels or clear the shelves in the supermarket: employees whose gross hourly wage is less than two thirds of the median wage and who…
Inflation: traffic lights will boost prices
Regardless of which political camp Germany’s citizens are close to – most of them share an almost pathological fear of inflation. One could get the impression that in the 1970s…
The “traffic light” book on progress – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
the book of the day has 177 pages, a good medium size. It lacks the usual structure of bestsellers, i.e. an earthquake at the beginning, which then needs to be…
NGG boss rejects 2G for catering staff
The trade unionist considers a 2G regulation for restaurant or hotel visitors to be justifiable, even if it was only hesitantly adopted by the hospitality industry where it was already…
The minimum wage has not cost jobs
Parcel distribution center of the online retailer Amazon A study on the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany shows that low-wage earners in particular have benefited. (Photo: dpa) The…