Minimum wage 2022: when will it increase to 12 euros?
Created: 01/12/2022, 05:55 AM
From: Andrea Stettner
The new federal government has provided a minimum wage of 12 euros in its coalition agreement.
But when will the increase come?
Many employees should be pleased: On January 1, 2022, the minimum wage rose again as planned.
Instead of EUR 9.60, the lowest income limit is now EUR 9.82 per hour *.
If the plans of the new traffic light government go, the minimum wage
will soon be raised to 12 euros
.
12 euros minimum wage - from when?
The federal government has not yet revealed when it will actually be ready. But now Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) comments on the plans. According to Heil, the
minimum wage of 12 euros
should come this year. “As a candidate for Chancellor, Olaf Scholz said that we would increase the minimum wage to 12 euros within a year. And we will increase it in 2022 because it is necessary, "Heil told the German Press Agency (dpa). According to the SPD politician, he will present a draft law "in the next few weeks". The increase to 12 euros is urgently needed for him: "It is a question of fair performance and respect for decent work," he said, according to dpa.
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According to the coalition agreement, the minimum wage is to be raised to 12 euros
The increase in the minimum wage to 12 euros was also stipulated in the coalition agreement between the SPD, FDP and the Greens.
This stipulates that the minimum wage
should increase in a one-off step from the current EUR 9.82 to EUR 12
.
So far, the minimum wage commission, made up of representatives from employers and trade unions
,
set the lower wage limit.
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