A new report from Duisberg-Essen university provides support for the arguments of ver.di that urgent action is required to deal with an estimated shortage of 162000 full-time workers in healthcare and a legal minimum staffing requirement would be a practical and reasonable way of dealing with this. The report also argues that there is a need to make healthcare jobs more attractive. This is a central concern for ver.di that was calling for an increase in the sector minimum wage for care workers to take it to €12.50 an hour. Unfortunately, the labour ministry only to the following new rates: in 2015 €8,65 (in the East) and €9.40 (in the West); in 2016 €9 (East) and €9.75 (West) and in 2017 €9.50 (East) and €10.20 (West).
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