Court: young workers deserve more holidays
Published: 21 Mar 12 09:32 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20120321-41459.html
Public workers under 30 should have the same amount of holidays as their older colleagues, and a clause which set up different entitlement should be abolished, a German court ruled on Tuesday.
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While service workers’ union Verdi said the ruling would affect 850,000 employees, some of whom would get four more days off than now - amounting to 1.6 million days nationwide - employers are worried about the cost, which they estimated at €250 million.
There are some 2.7 million public workers in Germany and they all have a right to 30 days holiday the court ruled.
“The ruling means an additional, significant burden for local employers,” said the leader of the local government employers’ association, Manfred Hoffmann.
Previously public service workers under 30 received 26 days holiday, while those between 30 and 40 got 29. Those 40 and over received 30 days – a benefit the court said they could see no reason for.
The court said future contracts could conceivably include varying number of holiday days, but only if negotiators came up with a good reason. The judges didn’t see why a 40-year-old worker needed more holiday than a 29-year old one, the paper wrote.
It remained more likely that extra holidays could be awarded for workers over 55, said Christoph Schmitz-Scholemann, a spokesman for the court. All contracts with varying amounts of holidays for workers of different ages could now be contested in court, the paper wrote.
The German government has been trying to keep as many people as possible in employment, as it faces a growing retirement problem with an ever more aging populace and fewer younger workers to support the system.
Rules limiting the amount that pensioners could earn on top of their pension are set to be relaxed, enabling them to stay in or return to valuable part-time work if they wish, it was announced earlier this week.
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A much better, and non-discriminatory way would be to award vacation based on length of time on the job.
On the radio today I heard a report about a study stating that an increasing number of workers in Germany feel no connection or loyalty to their employers whatsoever, and that a big reason for this is because most workers don't feel as if their contributions are appreciated. This story here ties in perfectly with that.