The statutory minimum wage is currently 9.35 euros.
A government ordinance is to increase the minimum wage for employees significantly by 2022.
The
minimum wage will be
increased
until 2022
.
It is currently 9.35 euros.
The uncertainty caused by the
corona pandemic
was taken into account in the adjustment.
The minimum wage rises to over ten euros for the first time.
Berlin - The statutory
minimum wage
in Germany will rise to over ten euros for the first time in the summer of 2022.
With the ordinance passed on Wednesday, the government is implementing the recommendation of the minimum wage commission from the end of June.
The committee consists of three representatives sent by employers, three trade unionists, the chairman and two academics who are not entitled to vote.
Minimum wage increases until 2022: For the first time, the minimum wage is more than ten euros
The minimum wage
will be increased
to over
ten euros
per hour
by
July 2022
in
four steps
.
"The four-stage increase helps to distribute the resulting wage cost increases for the company and at the same time to constantly improve the minimum protection of employees over the next two years", explained Heil.
The Minister of Labor affirmed that he would make proposals "to further develop the minimum wage law so that the minimum wage can continue to rise quickly".
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On January 1, 2019, the minimum wage was increased to EUR 9.19 - and on January 1, 2020 and to the current EUR 9.35.
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With the current resolution, the minimum wage will increase for the first time on January 1, 2021 from the current EUR 9.35 to EUR 9.50.
After that, it increases every six months to EUR 9.60, to EUR 9.82 and finally to EUR 10.45 on July 1, 2022.
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It should be a fair decision for employees and employers and provide a roadmap for the next two and a half years.
Federal Labor
Minister Hubertus Heil
(SPD) stated that the adjustment was based on the development of wages, but also took into account the economic uncertainties of the
corona pandemic.
"But in perspective I can still clearly see room for improvement."
There will therefore most likely be further increases in the minimum wage over July 2022, but the period up to and including the second quarter of 2022 has now been legally approved.
The labor market policy spokesman for the CSU in the Bundestag,
Stephan Stracke
, emphasized that the commission of the collective bargaining partners was the right way to determine the level of the minimum wage.
"For us, wage determination is and will remain a matter for the collective bargaining partners. We reject politicization of the minimum wage."
(tko / AFP)
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