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Germany's Care Commission Unanimously Backs Two-Step Rise in Elder-Care Minimum Wages

The social ministry plans a regulation to make the new rates generally binding.

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Der Mindestlohn in der Altenpflege soll bis Mitte 2027 in zwei Schritten um etwa fünf Prozent steigen. Wie das Bundesgesundheits- und das Sozialministerium mitteilten, einigte sich die Pflegekommission darauf einstimmig.

Overview

  • The minimums would rise on 1 July 2026 and 1 July 2027 to €16.52 and €16.95 for care assistants, €17.80 and €18.26 for qualified assistants, and €21.03 and €21.58 for skilled nurses.
  • The labor ministry intends to set the nationwide rates by ordinance with a validity running through 30 September 2028.
  • About 1.3 million employees in covered facilities would be affected, while private households follow the general minimum wage, which is due to reach €14.60 in 2027.
  • The employers’ association bpa welcomed a moderate increase given strained finances, with president Rainer Brüderle saying higher burdens would not have been bearable.
  • Labor Minister Bärbel Bas praised the raises, while Health Minister Nina Warken said many facilities already pay substantially higher tariff-level wages and the Pflegemindestlohn remains the only individually enforceable claim.