On 30 June, the Minimum Salary Commission announced that the universal minimum salary would increase from the current €9.35 to €10.45 per hour by 01 July 2022. Debate continued right to the wire on how to change the minimum salary level at a time when the German economy is suffering violent aftershocks from the health crisis lockdown. A four-step increase was finally agreed upon.
From €9.35 to €10.45 in 4 steps. In line with Legal Minimum Salary Act of 2015 (Mindestlohngesetz), the level of the minimum salary is set every two years by government directive, on the recommendation of an independent commission comprising three employers’ representatives, three trade union representatives, a chairperson, and two non-voting experts. On 30 June, this independent commission announced it was recommending that the minimum salary would rise from the current €9.35 gross/hour to €10
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