Christmas money check: This is how trainees and mini-jobbers secure their money!

Christmas money check: This is how trainees and mini-jobbers secure their money!

The Christmas bonus is focused on all over Germany, and the importance of the "Christmas bonus check" is particularly emphasized in Upper Franconia. The Trade Union Food Guest Gaststics (NGG) recommends employees in Bayreuth to ensure that they receive the special payments they are entitled to. In particular, trainees and mini-jobbers often have to fight for their claims, since many employers are happy to “forget” the additional payments. According to Mustafa Öz from NGG Bayern, such fees are laid down, especially in collective agreements. In the region's bakery, for example, all employees with more than one year of service are entitled to Christmas bonuses that varies between 25 and 45 percent of the monthly wage.

Christmas bonus and inflation

At the nationwide level, a similar picture shows: the majority of employees with a collective agreement, around 85.7 percent, can expect a Christmas bonus this year that is an average of EUR 2,747, but is not sufficient to compensate for the high inflation of over 10 percent. This is proven by data from the Federal Statistical Office, which also show that employees in western Germany usually receive higher amounts than in the east, whereby the increase in Christmas bonus this year does not meet this year compared to the previous year in order to cover the enormous living costs. Thorsten Schulten, head of the WSI tariff archive, emphasizes that the Christmas bonus in times of historically high inflation rates is a crucial help for many to reduce financial pressure, such as Tagesschau

The NGG recommends contacting the responsible union to clarify claims, especially in companies without a works council, where problems for Christmas bonuses often occur frequently. Anyone who is employed in a company with a collective agreement has the best chance of a Christmas bonus, what makes this report from Wiesentbote . For many employees, a punctual and reasonable Christmas allowance could be decisive in order to better manage the financial burden on the holidays.