In the collective bargaining for the public service of the Länder have been agreed between the negotiators. The salaries are expected to rise in several stages to eight per cent, however, to a minimum of 240 Euro.

employers and unions have reached agreement in the third bargaining round for the good of 800,000 employees of the countries with the exception of Hesse, is a three-step increase in wages. The parties announced after their talks in Potsdam.