Thuringia civil servant pay increase Landtag vote, Digi Mart USA News (Erfurt, Germany): After months of tough negotiations, civil servants in Thuringia are set to receive higher pay. The state parliament, the Landtag, is holding a special session starting at 12:00 p.m.
to create the legal conditions for the increase.
The payments total 415 million euros over two years and would go to the roughly 30,000 civil servants in Thuringia. Lawmakers from the state’s minority government parties reached a compromise with the opposition Left party last week.
Under the compromise, one additional free day for civil servants will remain, unlike the original plan. The parliamentary majority depends on the votes of CDU, SPD and The Left, since the governing coalition does not hold a majority on its own.
The debate follows the adoption of the collective wage agreement for the public service in Thuringia. It also reflects a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, which last year declared provisions of Berlin’s civil service pay law unconstitutional, with effects for other German states.
