Experts call for controls: Higher minimum wage: Economist expects more undeclared work
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- A nationwide minimum wage of €13.90 per hour took effect in January, impacting many low-wage workers including mini-jobbers in Stuttgart.
- The NGG union questions whether all employers have increased wages accordingly, citing potential manipulation of reported working hours.
- The union calls for intensified inspections and more staff for the Financial Control of Illegal Employment to raise detection risks.
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A statutory minimum wage of 13.90 euros only reaches the people if it is actually paid.— Magdalena Krüger, Managing Director of NGG Stuttgart, on the necessity of controls for the minimum wage.
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