{"id":10574,"date":"2014-04-02T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=10574"},"modified":"2014-04-02T16:07:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:07:26","slug":"angela-merkel-approves-germanys-first-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=10574","title":{"rendered":"Angela Merkel approves Germany’s first minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mrs Merkel’s move to approve the minimum wage is seen as a political one<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved the country’s first minimum wage, at 8.50 euros an hour (\u00a37; $11.75), to start in 2015.<\/p>\n

At the moment, the country is one of seven in the 28-nation EU without a minimum wage level.<\/p>\n

Germany has relied on trade unions and business groups to fix pay instead.<\/p>\n

Mrs Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats approved the change as part of a power-sharing deal with the Social Democrats (SPD).<\/p>\n

The SPD was in favour of the move, but the conservative CDU and CSU parties had been keen to keep the status quo.<\/p>\n

‘Workers’ dignity back’<\/p>\n

Parliament is expected to debate the proposal this summer. It will then move to the upper house for approval in September.<\/p>\n

Economists said higher wages in Europe’s biggest economy could help people spend more and stimulate the economy, promoting economic growth.<\/p>\n

The SPD’s labour market policy spokesperson, Katja Mast, said: “Labour has got its dignity back with a fair payment of 8.50 euros, whether in the East or West and with no industry exceptions.”<\/p>\n

But the wage does not cover minors, interns, trainees or long-term unemployed people for their first six months at work.<\/p>\n

Some employers, such as those using temporary or seasonal, workers, will have two years to phase in the new minimum wage.<\/p>\n

For the rest of Germany’s employers, the regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2015. The wage will be reviewed annually from 1 January 2018.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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