Inflation compensation by employers: These are the current plans

Created: 07/01/2022 09:31

By: Jasmin Pospiech

Food and energy prices are skyrocketing.

Chancellor Scholz wants to relieve employers – with one condition.

Anyone who had hoped that things would get easier again in 2022 after the two Corona years were disappointed at the beginning of the year.

The consequences of the Ukraine crisis have long since reached us.

Many things are becoming more and more expensive at the moment.

As prices rise, so does inflation.

There is great concern in this country that it will continue to increase and that our money will no longer be worth anything.

Inflation compensation by employers: These are the current plans

In order to further relieve citizens, the federal government is therefore planning another measure: Employers should pay their employees a

.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (64, SPD) wants to propose this as compensation for the increased energy costs.

He would like to discuss this on July 4th in a so-called "

" together with top representatives of employees and employers.

The goal is to get the price development under control, as reported by the

.

Corresponding plans are said to have been confirmed to the

news agency from government circles.

The federal government plans to counteract the price increases with a one-off payment to employees.

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According to this, the Chancellery assumes that the

will be driven by the

, among other things .

In addition, there are logistical problems with global deliveries, especially from China and as

and a resulting shortage of gas, food and other products.

The newspaper reports that this will intensify significantly in the coming year.

Inflation compensation by employers: How do trade unions react?

The federal government also wants to get the

on board for the planned measure.

In concrete terms, this means that they should adjust their demands in return for collective bargaining rounds.

This provides that they will forego part of the wage increases.

One advantage of the one-off payment is that employers can quickly pass it on to citizens and

.

But: Only 43 percent of the employees are paid according to the collective agreement.

So what about the majority of workers?

After all, separate solutions are needed for these, which also applies to pensioners with low pension payments, it concludes.

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