Germany to raise minimum wage to €14.60 by 2027
Germany to raise minimum wage to €14.60 by 2027 – DW – 06/27/2025
A government-appointed commission announced that Germany would raise its minimum wage twice over the next two years. The move would give Germans the second-highest minimum wage in the EU, after Luxembourg.
still not sufficient to be classified as safe from poverty by EU standards
What is the definition of safe from poverty?
What I found was this:
The at-risk-of-poverty rate is the share of people with an equivalised disposable income (after social transfer) below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income after social transfers.
By that definition, it is not possible to have a minimum wage "safe from poverty". Since the minimum will always be below the median.
And there are still voices against least income with arguments like:
And there are still discussions to exempt things like seasonal workers or even elderly care workers from it - unbelievable.
I've never encountered someone arguing against minimum wage increase IRL. It's probably because they fear the very high chance they'll get slapped.
Why do even modest improvements happen by 2027 or some other far flung date, but cuts can happen overnight?
Because lobbyists get angry and markets get nervous when you mandate a change overnight, but no one seems to care if people get nervous angry
Good for Germany.
A business model that guarantees your employees poverty when working like that for their whole life, is not a business model. It's an exploitation model.