The legal minimum wage in Germany to 1 in four steps up to the. July 2022, currently 9,35 Euro 10,45 Euro to rise. The competent Commission recommends that in a on Tuesday in Berlin, submitted to decision. The vote in the Committee, the representatives of trade unions, employers and academia, was unanimous. The Federal government needs to implement the future level of the minimum wage by regulation. It is, as a rule, in accordance with the proposal of the Commission.
Specifically, the minimum wage should, according to the recommendation, first to the 1. January 2021 to 9.50 Euro to rise. 1. July 2021 should be followed by a second increase to 9.60 euros, for 1. January 2022, a third on 9,82 euros. The fourth stage sees the 1. July of 2022, a boost to 10.45 euros before. The great content, Check (display)
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the last increase in the minimum wage to the beginning of the year
The legal minimum wage for 1. January 2015 with an amount of 8.50 euros gross per hour has been introduced. Recently, there had been an increase in two levels: 9,19 euros as of 1. January 2019 and the current 9,35 Euro to 1. January, 2020.
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After several boom years, the minimum wage recommendation was to have been expected in view of the economic slump due to the Corona pandemic with voltage. The employer had warned in view of the burden of many companies in the crisis to large increases. The unions called for a significant increase.
Only a few exceptions to the minimum wage
in Principle, the independent Commission made up of representatives of employers, trade unions and academia on the development of tariff wages. In a “total balance” brought together the minimum protection of workers, fair conditions of competition, and the big goal is to not jeopardize employment should be according to the legal requirements, then. There is a certain amount of leeway, what exactly will be included in the calculation.
The legal minimum wage applies to all adult workers, except for the long-term unemployed to find a job in the first six months. Also for apprentices, people with a compulsory internship or internships under three months, it does not apply. Additionally, several of the sectoral minimum wages that are above the wage floor.
Ex-chief of the economic minimum wage decision
The former head of the Commerce and industry wise, Christoph Schmidt, has criticised the decision of the minimum wage Commission to raise the wage floor. “The consequences of the Corona pandemic, the German labour market are already now a great challenge, not least because they threaten the existence of many companies,” Schmidt said the düsseldorf “Rheinische Post” from Wednesday.
the course and extent of the hoped-for economic recovery are still very uncertain, the Economist. In this Situation, “it is not recommended to take low-skilled workers, the Chance of employment increases the cost of their work drastically”, said the President of the Essen-based RWI-Leibniz Institute for economic research. He would have raised instead, the minimum wage is moderate, Schmidt said. “The best-informed Person on Planet earth”: White house entangled in the contradiction PCP “best-informed Person on Planet earth”: White house, mired in opposition, “she has never seen with a mask”: a journalist puts Merkel burning question, FOCUS Online/Wochit “she has never seen with a mask”: a journalist puts Merkel explosive issue
