Factsheet for measure
DE-2020-49/1573
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Updated
– measures in Germany
Corona premia for employees in German Parliament
Corona-Prämie für Mitarbeiter des deutschen Bundestags
Background information
Employees working for Members of Parliament are not considered public service workers. They are not covered by the public service workers CBA of October 2020, which included a corona bonus for workers. The Parliament as public employer decided to extend the public services CBA to employees working for Members of Parliament. The president of the German Parliament, Wolfgang Schäuble, announced the measure in early December in a letter to all employees.
Content of measure
The measure covers around 4,500 employees working for the 709 Members of Parliament. The payment varies between €200 for apprentices and up to €600 for employees in higher salary levels. The measure thus mirrors the collective bargaining agreement reached for public services workers between in October 2020. The corona premia will be paid at the end of December together with the Christmas premia and the regular salary. The president of the German Parliament, Wolfgang Schäuble, anounced the measure in early December in a letter to all employees. According to Wolfgang Schäuble, the measure aims to "cushion the additional burden created by the corona crisis".
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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31 December 2020
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This temporary measure expired on 31 December 2020.
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Use of measure
Press articles report a mixed reception among employees benefiting from the measure. Some welcome the recognition of the difficulties related to working from home. Other employees find their preferential treatment inappropriate in the current context of difficult working conditions and/ or economic hardship for many other occupations.
Contents
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Company / Companies
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: Company level
Involvement
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Social partners were not involved in the measure or their negotiation.
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The Parliament's Council of Elders took the decision to extend the public services CBA of October 2020 to employees of Members of Parliament.
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Social partners are not contributing to the measure.
Views and reactions
No data.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only public sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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O - Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security
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O84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
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This case is not occupation-specific.
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