Soder advocates for securing employment for 10,000 individuals within the public sector.
In an effort to reduce costs and alleviate financial pressure, the Bavarian state government has announced a series of measures aimed at streamlining public spending.
Markus Söder, the Bavarian head of government, has raised questions about the employment of external hires in education, particularly when up to 50% of trained teachers are already working part-time. He has also proposed reforms to part-time options for teachers, suggesting that this could help reduce costs further.
The state government has announced that it will make cuts in both ministries and the state chancellery. Söder assured that the state government will not be spared from the savings wave, and that everyone, including civil servants, will need to contribute to these cost-cutting measures.
One area of significant expenditure is the payment of allowances for larger families among civil servants. The state currently spends approximately 200 million euros annually on these allowances. Even the civil service union has found these allowances "hard to explain", given the financial pressures facing the state.
The number of civil servants in Stuttgart, the state's capital, is not exactly specified, but it is thought to follow a similar pattern to German municipalities, where only about 10% of the personnel are civil servants, while the remaining 90% are employees. This suggests that the majority of the workforce in Stuttgart's public sector are not civil servants.
The high demand for public services, coupled with increased expectations and structural underfunding of municipalities and rising social expenditures, has led to long waiting times in Stuttgart authorities. This pressure on staff and resources is a concern for the state government, which is looking to address these issues through its cost-cutting measures.
As the state government continues to implement these measures, it remains to be seen how they will impact the public sector and the services it provides. One potential avenue for cost savings is through fewer migrants and targeted repatriation, which could help reduce costs for asylum-seeker accommodations. However, these measures are likely to be met with debate and discussion, as the state government seeks to strike a balance between fiscal responsibility and maintaining high-quality public services.
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