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Minimum wage rises to 9.82 euros

2022-01-01T07:53:35.744Z


Minimum wage rises to 9.82 euros Created: 01/01/2022Updated: 01/01/2022, 8:41 AM The statutory minimum wage in Germany rises to 9.82 euros per hour. © Jens Wolf / dpa The minimum wage was introduced in Germany seven years ago - since then it has increased by 1.10 euros. Now the next level of increase is here. However, there is a dispute about the further development. Berlin - The statutory min


Minimum wage rises to 9.82 euros

Created: 01/01/2022Updated: 01/01/2022, 8:41 AM

The statutory minimum wage in Germany rises to 9.82 euros per hour.

© Jens Wolf / dpa

The minimum wage was introduced in Germany seven years ago - since then it has increased by 1.10 euros.

Now the next level of increase is here.

However, there is a dispute about the further development.

Berlin - The statutory minimum wage in Germany will rise to 9.82 euros per hour on January 1st.

It is currently EUR 9.60.

On July 1, 2022 there will be a further increase to 10.45 euros.

These increases follow the requirements of the minimum wage commission, which is made up of representatives from employers and trade unions.

Because of the higher lower wage limit and the increasing demand for skilled workers, according to a company survey by the Ifo Institute, employees can expect significant wage increases overall in the new year.

Planned increase to 12 euros

With regard to the minimum wage, Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) wants to present a law for an increase to 12 euros this year at the beginning of the year.

With this, Heil wants to implement a promise made by the traffic light coalition.

However, there is still a dispute about the step to a minimum wage of 12 euros.

DGB board member Stefan Körzell demanded at the turn of the year: "The coalition must get the 12 euros off the ground quickly in 2022, because in the usual procedure of the minimum wage commission we would only get this amount at the end of the decade." Wanting to examine a lawsuit against a statutory increase in the minimum wage.

Criticism of the 12 euro plan

Crafts President Hans Peter Wollseifer had told the dpa that 12 euros would make numerous collective agreements obsolete as early as 2022.

The only way out of this dilemma is to set a target of 12 euros - "but not for the year 2022".

Employer President Rainer Dulger had criticized the government's 12 euro plans as a “gross violation of collective bargaining autonomy”. "Whether, when and how we have the Federal Government's actions legally checked in a qualified manner depends entirely on when this political minimum wage is to be implemented," said Dulger of the dpa. “The autonomy of collective bargaining is constitutionally protected.” A minimum wage of 12 euros was a central election campaign promise of the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).

A general statutory lower wage limit has existed in Germany since 2015. It was introduced at a level of EUR 8.50.

The unions argue that this was already too low at the time and that a one-off increase is therefore advisable by law.

The minimum wage commission decides on the regular increase steps on the basis of the previous tariff development, which is determined by the Federal Statistical Office in the tariff index.

"Poverty-proof minimum wage overdue"

Körzell said: "A poverty-proof minimum wage is overdue." For this, 60 percent of the median income with full employment counts as a benchmark.

According to Körzell, this is achieved in Germany with “at least 12 euros”.

"At least 8.5 million people, mostly women, would benefit," he said.

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In general, many employees can expect significant wage increases in 2022.

According to a company survey by the Ifo Institute, 78 percent of the 630 HR managers surveyed assume "that overall wages in their workforce will rise by an average of 4.7 percent".

In the service sector, the wage increase will probably be the highest with an average of 5.8 percent, according to the study that is available to the dpa and on which the "Spiegel" previously reported.

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Source: merkur

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