Federal Cabinet approves increase in minimum wage

Hubertus Heil (SPD), Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, talks to employees at a bakery.

“A poverty-proof minimum wage is a matter of fair acknowledgement and respect for honest work,” stressed Federal Minister of Labour Minister Heil, who got into conversation with employees at a bakery in Wolmirstedt on Wednesday. 

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