The Bodies and hardship allowances of the Berlin law enforcement officials to be retroactive to 1. January 2018 increased. In addition, the staff in the police and fire service, the protection of the Constitution, the nursing services and the work of the service of the prisons offers can. With this increase in the allowances of the Senate to its role as a responsible employer, and the employer will meet, said Finance Minister Mathias Kollatz (SPD) on Tuesday.

at the same time would “set targeted incentives to attract more well-trained and highly specialized personnel for the Berlin prison service,” says Kollatz. The hardship allowances will apply for particularly dangerous missions of the fire Department, for covert operations by the police, bomb squad, or for scuba divers. “Riches will not be created,” said Kollatz. The recognition of certain, particularly more difficult activities.

On the level of the Federal authorities

The financial management estimates that the increase in the hardship allowances to the state budget annually, about 13 million Euro is relieved, the higher allowances for police, fire brigade and the protection of the Constitution cost around 2.5 million euros. A persons benefits circle of 23,000 to 24,000, officials in Berlin. The new make allowances now move on to the level of the Federal authorities. The hardship allowances have been increased to at least the average level of the Federal States. For this purpose, the Federal salary law had to be changed.

the coalition internally this was already agreed in the spring of 2018, but the internal administrative procedures for Participation to take your time. Still more interesting than higher allowances, the increase in the salaries of civil servants to the 1. April 2019. Red-red-Green has committed itself to by 2021 the salaries of civil servants in Berlin on the average of the länder to adapt.

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Ulrich Zawatka-Gerlach

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