Germany is set to extend its minimum wage to € 14.60 ($ 17.11) by 2027, a government -appointed commission on Friday set up.
Veg Inkrees wants to be in two stages.
First, it will increase from € 12.82 per hour to € 13.90 in early 2026.
It wants to increase again by € 0.70 after a year.
This means that German workers’ wood earns close to € 2,500, making it the second largest minimum wage in the European Union after Luxembourg, which makes the monthly minimum of 2.638 mandatory.
Three other European Union countries have more than € 2,000 national minimum wages through the month: Belgium, Netherlands and Ireland.
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Who decided to increase the minimum wage?
Germany’s minimum wage commission is made up of the top representative of unions and employers.
This votes on wage adjustment every two years, keeping in mind the increase in income.
The Commission’s proposal should be implemented by the Ministry of Labor.
Under the leadership of the February election, Social Democrats (SPD) campaigned on increasing the minimum wage. The party is now a junior member in an alliance with Constright Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
CDU general secretary Carton Linman told Germany’s DPA news agency, “It is good that the Minimum Wages Commission has reached consensus.”
“This is a social partnership in action and shows that the commission works. The establishment of Wagon will be a case for collective bargaining partners in the future.”
In Germany, the announcement of declaration as more and more working people has come to rely on the state.
Edited by: Keran Burke
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