Overview
- The Federal Constitutional Court will publish its decision at 9:30 a.m. on whether Berlin underpaid civil servants between 2008 and 2017.
- The review weighs Berlin’s pay against public-service tariff outcomes, inflation and state nominal wage indices, with a minimum standard of 15% above basic social assistance.
- Karlsruhe previously ruled in 2020 that Berlin had underpaid judges and prosecutors, forcing the state to re-regulate their remuneration.
- Similar referrals remain pending from Bremen, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein, including a recent request to examine 2022 pay in Schleswig-Holstein.
- NRW’s 2024 reform that assumes a “fictitious partner income” drew sharp criticism in a Landtag hearing, while the Federal Interior Ministry said a draft law is planned to transfer public-service tariff settlements to federal pay.