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By the end of March, the proportion of mini-employees in all employees covered by social insurance in Germany was already above 23%.
13:25, November 3, 2018
According to the government, by the end of March, about 7.6 million out of a total of just under 32.7 million employees were working in a tax exempt mini job. It was about 35% more than 15 years ago. This is what reports the "Rheinische Post" on Saturday after a federal government response to a request from the left fraction. About 8.5% of regular employees practice the new numbers. According to an additional mini-job, the figures cited were those of the Federal Agency for Employment (BA).
The proportion of mini-jobbers among all employees subject to social security contributions was therefore 23% at the end of March. German Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) advocated an increase in the minimum wage to twelve euros per hour.
Upper income limit of 450 euros per month
The mini-job with a maximum salary currently of 450 euros per month is tax-free for employees and, in most cases, tax-free, the employer pays reduced taxes for his employees. The minimum wage, however, applies without restriction to mini-jobs. In fact, this means that the number of hours of work that can be requested from the employee is limited and decreases as the minimum wage increases, otherwise the limit of 450 euros would be exceeded.
The mini-jobs have benefited from a new impetus in 2015 after the introduction of the statutory minimum wage, with some employers wishing to avoid the higher labor costs that flow from it. "The number of mini-jobs is increasing and regular jobs are being replaced," criticized left-wing social politician Susanne Ferschl in the "Rheinische Post". The state subsidizes companies that can reduce costs through mini-jobs in wages.
"The minimum wage must increase rapidly after 2020"
Heil told the newspapers of the Funke media group: "The minimum wage needs to rise rapidly after 2020. Twelve euros are a realistic value." Currently, the lower statutory salary limit is 8.84 euros per hour. It will increase in two stages by 2020 to 9.35 euros. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) has already voted in favor of a minimum wage of twelve euros.
The Minister of Labor, Heil, has also agreed to work on new changes in the labor market. "We are not leaving the job, but it will be a different job," he told Spark News. Over the next seven years, technological advances would eliminate 1.3 million jobs compared to today, "but that would also create 2.1 million new jobs," said the minister, predicts his ministry. As a result, more training, continuing education and retraining are needed.
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