Overview
- Chair Stefan Nacke says Minijobs should be abolished wherever they displace regular jobs and returned to limited use for students or retirees, with pathways into insured employment.
- Around seven million people hold such jobs, concentrated in retail, hospitality and cleaning, with earnings capped at €556 per month and typical exemptions from full social‑insurance contributions.
- ver.di chief Frank Werneke backs tighter rules, and SPD figures including Annika Klose endorse social‑insurance liability from the first euro and curbs beyond student and retiree cases.
- Retail and hospitality groups warn of service gaps and a shift to informal work, as HDE’s Stefan Genth and Dehoga’s Sandra Warden defend the model; CDU’s Gitta Connemann also voices internal resistance.
- The proposal’s fate is unclear because no government bill has been announced and the coalition agreement contains no Minijob reform.