The traffic light coalition wants to relieve families, single parents and caring relatives.
According to Minister of Labor Heil, there should be government vouchers for household help.
The future traffic light government wants to
relieve
families
with
state vouchers for domestic help
n.
“We are introducing a system of everyday helpers for families.
The state gives families a subsidy in the form of vouchers so that they can afford legal help in the household, ”said Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) in
charge of Bild am Sonntag
.
Families should receive a bonus of up to 2,000 euros for domestic help
As a first step, according to Heils plans,
families with children, single parents and people who
look after
relatives should
receive an
annual bonus of a maximum of 2,000 euros
. "With this money they can then afford everyday helpers," said Heil, who has a good chance of continuing to head the labor department in a new federal government.
The traffic light coalition wants to make everyday life for families very concrete.
Parents of small children * or
caregivers in
particular need support with
cleaning the apartment
, with
childcare
or
care
.
“But normal wage earners,” says Heil, “often cannot afford to hire a regular, socially insured worker for this help.
Some citizens switch to undeclared work, many try to manage their everyday life with their job and family alone.
We will change that! "
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According to the new model, the state and the family should share the costs of everyday helpers
According to Heil's model, the state and family share the costs for everyday helpers: "40 percent are paid by the grant, 60 percent by the citizens themselves." The
billing
is to
be
regulated
by means of an app
through which certified companies can offer their services.
The family then books a service such as weekly cleaning of the apartment, enters the
voucher code
sent by the state
and automatically only has to pay 60 percent.
The company settles the voucher with the responsible authority.
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With this reform, Heil also wants to fight the black market and improve working conditions for people who do
household services
.
In the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP it says: "We facilitate the use of family and everyday support services through a bonus and voucher system and the possibility of accompanying tax-free employer subsidies." This should serve to promote employment in the household subject to social insurance.
"First of all, single parents, families with children and relatives to be cared for should benefit, and gradually all households."
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For the first year, costs of 400 million euros are expected, according to Heil.
“Later - possibly already in this legislature - every household should receive such an everyday helper voucher.
Then it costs around 1.6 billion euros.
However, the state will also have
return income
through the social security contributions and taxes of the everyday
helpers.
”
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