Report on draft regulation: New wage construction for civil servants may price 3.5 billion euros per yr | EUROtoday

According to a report, the Federal Ministry of the Interior has offered a draft regulation on civil servant salaries that may put further pressure on the price range. In order to implement the Federal Constitutional Court’s necessities for applicable pay for civil servants, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) is outwardly proposing a brand new wage construction. This is reported by “Spiegel”.

This yr and subsequent yr alone, the reform is predicted to result in further prices totaling 6.912 billion euros – in accordance with the Ministry of the Interior’s projection within the draft, which is out there to the information journal. According to the report, prices are more likely to improve in subsequent years. In addition, there can be an additional 707 million euros retroactively for 2025.

According to “Spiegel”, Dobrindt’s consultants justify the step on the one hand with a choice by the Federal Constitutional Court. The Karlsruhe judges determined within the fall that the salaries of quite a few civil servants within the state of Berlin had been unconstitutional for years.

The resolution, because the Interior Ministry’s draft regulation now states, “also has an indirect effect on the federal government” and have to be “taken into account when adjusting salaries”. In addition, the Interior Ministry justified the extra annual prices of round 3.5 billion euros with the tense safety state of affairs.

The Federal Republic is “facing historic national challenges,” the draft regulation states. “A multiple threat to Germany’s security requires both increased protection against external attacks and a strengthening of internal security.” In this example it’s important “to have an effective, efficient public service”. Demographic change and competitors for expert employees additionally require “improving the financial attractiveness of the federal administration”.