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The salary structure at RBB is coming into focus
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In response to internal and public pressure, the RBB management disclosed their salaries and bonus payments.
As the dpa reported, the broadcaster published a list of salaries and "performance-related remuneration" on the intranet for employees in the evening.
The remuneration of the recalled director Patricia Schlesinger is therefore not listed there.
According to the information, the post of administrative director will have an annual basic salary of 230,000 euros in 2022.
In addition, there is a payment from a bonus system in the amount of 30,738 euros for 2021/2022.
Since Schlesinger resigned, administrative director Hagen Brandstätter has been acting as managing director.
Program director Jan Schulte-Kellinghaus receives a bonus of EUR 215,425 and an additional EUR 30,915.
For production and operations director Christoph Augenstein, it is 196,000 euros plus an additional 38,144 euros.
The position of legal director accounted for 198,900 euros and a bonus of 39,195 euros.
The bonuses thus totaled a six-digit amount.
The online medium “Business Insider” and the RBB had previously reported on this.
It is not known how high Schlesinger's salary actually is.
According to »Business Insider«, she is said to have earned more than 303,000 euros a year before a salary increase in 2021 – thanks to an expense allowance, a family allowance, non-cash benefits and a target bonus of more than 60,000 euros.
The debate about the salary structure in the management team joins in with numerous accusations of nepotism that Schlesinger sees himself exposed to.
She had been director since 2016 and was dismissed by the broadcasting council on Monday after she had resigned from her position as director of the RBB about a week earlier.
The Berlin public prosecutor's office is investigating chief inspector Wolf-Dieter Wolf, Schlesinger and her husband and ex-SPIEGEL journalist Gerhard Spörl on suspicion of infidelity and accepting benefits.
Law firm is working on the case
An external law firm is also working on the case, results are not expected for a few weeks.
The allegations include controversial consulting contracts for an RBB construction project that has been put on hold and an expensive company car with massage seats.
Meanwhile, there are also episodes in other ARD houses under the impression of the crisis at RBB.
According to its own statements, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) is considering expanding its compliance management system.
The Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) wants to treat its procurement more sensitively in the future.
The NDR Compliance Board will check whether the previous regulations are still sufficient, the NDR told the dpa.
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