“That’s disrespectful’: Civil servants earn as little as citizens’ benefit recipients – traffic lights are watching. The background is a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court from May 2020.
Salaries have already been adjusted at the state level, but federal civil servants have not yet been better off. In addition to a general salary increase, especially when starting a career, there should be higher supplements for civil servants with children, which should be based on housing benefit. Officials in regions with a tight housing market would receive greater support.