The SPD, Greens and FDP want to make everyday life for families much easier.
Undeclared work should also be combated in this way.
Berlin - “We are introducing a system of everyday helpers”: The future traffic light government wants to relieve families with government vouchers for domestic help.
That said the acting Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) the
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With the grant, families should be able to afford legal help around the house.
As a first step, families with children, single parents and people who look after relatives should receive an annual bonus of a maximum of 2000 euros.
Parents of small children or caring relatives in particular need support with cleaning the apartment, with childcare or care.
"But normal wage earners can often not afford to hire a regular, socially insured worker for this help," says Heil.
Some citizens turned to illegal work, many tried to manage their everyday lives with their jobs and families alone.
"We will change that," announced the SPD politician.
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According to Heil's model, the state and the family should share the costs of everyday helpers.
"40 percent are paid through the grant, 60 percent by the citizens themselves," said Heil.
Billing should be regulated using an app that certified companies can use to offer their services.
The family can then book a service such as weekly cleaning of the apartment, enter the voucher code sent by the state and automatically only have to pay 60 percent.
The company settles the voucher with the responsible authority.
Heil (SPD) on the planned family bonus: helpers receive a minimum wage
With this reform, the minister also wants to fight the black market and improve working conditions for people who do household services: "The everyday helpers also benefit because they are socially insured and receive an hourly wage of at least twelve euros," said Heil.
"I want the everyday helper to get out of illegal work and become a completely normal profession in Germany."
According to the information, the introduction of the vouchers is planned from 2023 for families, single parents and carers.
For the first year, Heil expects costs of 400 million euros.
In a second step, households should all receive the state subsidy.
The costs then amounted to around 1.6 billion euros.
Heil pointed out that the state also received counter-income through the social security contributions and taxes of everyday helpers.
(AFP / dpa / frs)
