Overview
- The plan grants €200 per month to pedagogical staff and €100 to housekeeping and helper roles, plus a €400 one-time bonus after state recognition for trainees.
- Roughly 10,000 employees across municipal and independent providers are expected to qualify, with annual funding estimated at about €25 million.
- The allowance is tariff-compliant, slated to begin on 1 January 2026 for an initial five years, with adjustments from 2027 tied to collective pay increases.
- Mayor Mike Josef has conditioned his support for the city budget on adoption of the supplement, and the governing bloc will need opposition votes to pass it.
- Major welfare associations call the targeted approach unfair to other social professions, while city leaders cite curtailed hours, emergency care and about 10% of new places unfilled due to staffing gaps.