Doubts about minimum wage checks - | €13.90 promised - | but are Stuttgart's bosses actually paying?
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Concerns Over Minimum Wage Enforcement in StuttgartAbout 77,500 mini-jobbers in Stuttgart face the new €13.90 minimum wage since January, but doubts on full compliance remain.
Key FactsFeb 2, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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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.
- Authorities respond by emphasizing their ongoing personnel expansion and targeted audits in high-risk sectors such as hospitality and construction.
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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