What do the parties in Bavaria say on work and social affairs?

The CSU rejects the federal government's Bürgergeld (citizen's income), which it considers unfair and a disincentive to work. Those who work should have more than those who do not. It wants sanctions for people who can work but refuse to.

The CSU is against Bürgergeld. That is state money for people without work. The CSU says people who work should have more money. People who can work but refuse should face penalties.

The CSU wants to expand seniors' involvement, the inclusion of people with disabilities and help for people in need. It commits to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and wants to strengthen Bavaria's social safety net.

The CSU wants everyone to be able to take part. Older people should have more say. People with disabilities should be better included at school and at work. Food banks should get more help.

The Free Voters want to tackle the shortage of skilled workers with more hands-on career experience in schools, stronger dual vocational training and an immigration law for qualified workers. The Meisterpflicht (master craftsman requirement) would be extended to more trades, and master training would be free.

Bavaria needs more skilled workers. The Free Voters want more internships in schools. Well-trained people from abroad should be able to come more easily. More trades should require a master craftsman title. Training to become a master should be free.

The Free Voters want to reform Bürgergeld (citizen's income) and impose sanctions when recipients refuse to cooperate. Low wages would carry lower taxes and social contributions so that work pays more than Bürgergeld.

The Free Voters want to change Bürgergeld, a basic welfare payment. People who refuse to cooperate should get less money. People with low wages should pay lower contributions. That way work should pay more than welfare.

The Greens want to tackle the skilled labor shortage with stronger dual vocational training, regional education agencies for continuing education and welcome centers for international workers. Foreign qualifications would be recognized more easily.

Bavaria lacks many skilled workers. The Greens want to strengthen job training. New agencies would advise on further training. There would be contact points for skilled workers from abroad. Degrees from abroad should count more easily.

The Greens in Bavaria back the federal plan to introduce a Kindergrundsicherung (basic child allowance). It is meant to prevent children from living in poverty. In the party's view, every child has a right to take part in community life.

Some families have too little money for outings or the swimming pool. The federal government plans a basic child allowance. That is money from the state for children. The Greens in Bavaria support this plan. No child should be poor.

The Greens want to make it easier to switch between part-time and full-time work so that cutting hours no longer ends a career. They also call for a right to work from home and to work remotely.

Many people care for children or relatives besides their job. So the Greens want more flexible working hours. Switching between part-time and full-time should be easier. People who work less should still have a career. There should be a right to work from home.

The Greens want to pass an educational leave law (Bildungszeitgesetz) for Bavaria. Employees would be able to take ten days off work for training within any two-year period. Adult education would also receive considerably more funding.

The Greens want a new law for Bavaria. It gives workers days off to learn. Workers get ten days in two years. Courses for adults should also get more money.

The Greens want to work with labor unions to modernize and broaden employee co-determination in companies. They see it as a core part of democracy and the economic order, and as a precondition for workers and firms alike to benefit from digital change.

Workers should have more say in their companies. The Greens want to work with labor unions on this. There should be more works councils. These are elected groups that speak for workers.

The Greens want to create far more jobs in the publicly subsidized “social labor market” and give people with disabilities equal access to work. Sheltered workshops for people with disabilities would be reformed and opened up. People working there would be able to choose between staying in the workshop and moving, with support, to the regular labor market.

The Greens want more supported jobs for people who have been out of work for a long time. People with disabilities should find regular jobs more easily. Job coaches should support them over the long term. In sheltered workshops, people with and without disabilities should work together. Pay there should be fair.

The Greens want to pass a Tariftreuegesetz (a law tying public contracts to collectively agreed wages) for Bavaria. Public contracts would go only to companies that comply with collective agreements, pay a minimum rate and meet further social and environmental criteria. The party aims to counter companies leaving collective bargaining.

The state gives many contracts to companies. The Greens want a new law for this. Only companies that pay union-agreed wages should get contracts. These companies should also meet social and environmental rules.

The Greens want to give older people more opportunities to take part in society: meeting places in every municipality, better accessibility, support against loneliness and learning opportunities. Anyone who has spent much of their life working, raising children or caring for others should get a pension above the level of basic income support. Women in particular are to be better protected from poverty in old age.

Older people should be able to stay part of community life. Every town should get meeting places. Buses and trains should get better. Nobody should be lonely. People who worked for a long time should get a pension above basic welfare.

The Greens want to introduce a permanent monthly allowance for deaf people in Bavaria, modeled on the existing allowance for blind people. It is meant to help deaf and hard-of-hearing people cover the extra costs of their disability and take part in society on equal terms.

Deaf people should get money from the state every month. People who hear poorly should get it too. Blind people already get this kind of help. The money can pay for interpreters, for example. This helps them take part in daily life.

The Greens want the Bavarian state to ensure fair wages when it awards public contracts, in order to shrink the low-wage sector. To address poverty, they propose statewide participation conferences, ongoing poverty monitoring and making support such as a social pass available across Bavaria.

The state of Bavaria gives contracts to companies. The Greens want fair wages on these contracts. Everyone should be able to live on their pay. The Greens also want to help poor people more. For example, a social pass should exist everywhere.

The SPD wants a law for Bavaria under which only companies that comply with collective bargaining agreements can win state contracts. A minimum wage of initially 15 euros would also apply to these contracts. The party says this ensures tax money is invested in good jobs.

The state of Bavaria gives contracts to companies. The SPD wants new rules for this. Companies must follow collective agreements. These are deals between unions and employers on pay and hours. For these contracts, pay should be at least 15 euros an hour.

The SPD wants to give works councils and staff councils more say and have obstruction of their work prosecuted. It plans a specialized prosecutor's office for this. The aim is more democratic co-determination in companies.

Works councils speak for the workers in a company. The SPD wants to give them more rights. Some state grants should only be paid if the works council agrees. People who block works councils should be punished. Special prosecutors should handle these cases.

The SPD wants to back unions in pushing for a 30-hour week with no loss of pay. It rejects raising the daily maximum working time, shortening rest periods, and expanding Sunday work or store opening hours.

The SPD wants people to work fewer hours. It backs the unions' goal of 30 hours a week. Pay should stay the same. A workday should not be allowed to exceed 10 hours. Stores should not stay open longer.

Together with the federal government, the SPD wants to create a public employment sector offering regular jobs to people with poor prospects on the labor market. The platform says no one should be left behind.

Some people find it hard to get a job or training. The SPD wants to help them. The state itself should create jobs for them. These jobs come with social insurance. In job applications, the name should stay hidden.

The SPD wants to recruit skilled workers abroad as well, but link work permits to collectively agreed conditions and the consent of the works council. This is meant to keep immigration from pushing down wages and social standards.

Bavaria needs more skilled workers, also from other countries. The SPD wants them to be treated fairly. Companies should pay them union-level wages. The works council should have to agree. Authorities should check more and get more staff for that.

The SPD wants to create guidance offices that direct people in need to the right assistance and funding. The aim is for existing benefits to be claimed more often. The party also wants to give the state's social affairs ministry more weight.

The SPD wants new advice offices. People in need get help there. The offices show what support exists. They also help with applications. Every county should get one.

The SPD wants to support neighborhoods and towns so that people can connect with each other more easily. To counter loneliness in old age, community guides would advise older people.

The SPD wants to fight loneliness. People should be able to meet more easily where they live. Older people should get advisers in their town. The SPD also wants to support meeting places and village shops.

The SPD wants to launch cold-weather protection programs and make counseling centers for people at risk of losing their home available statewide. The state would support municipalities financially.

The SPD wants to help people without a home. In winter there should be warm places for them. They can sleep and shower there. Advice should be available all over Bavaria. The state gives towns money for this.

The SPD wants to create a Bavarian allowance for deaf people that offsets costs caused by their disability. The compensation payment that blind, deafblind, and severely visually impaired people receive today would be extended to all severely disabled people.

The SPD wants a new payment for deaf people. They can use it for interpreters or hearing aids, for example. Blind people already get a payment today. Soon all people with a severe disability should get it.

The SPD wants people with disabilities to decide freely about their work and to earn more than basic income support. It backs a higher compensatory levy for employers who employ too few people with disabilities.

People with disabilities should decide about their own work. They should earn more than basic income support. Companies without disabled workers pay a levy today. The SPD wants this levy to go up. The state should also hire more people with disabilities.

The SPD wants a more family-friendly world of work with better conditions after parental leave and wider collective bargaining coverage. Through the Bundesrat, it wants all employment to be subject to social insurance from the first euro earned, so that working mothers in particular are better protected in old age.

The SPD wants work to fit families better. Mothers should be able to return well after parental leave and move up. Every job should pay into social insurance, even small jobs. This gives mothers a better pension later.

The SPD wants to involve older people more fully in all areas of life. It plans a funding program for accessibility, a digital fund, a digital education voucher for people over 60 and a state law on services for the elderly.

Older people should be able to take part everywhere. The SPD wants buildings, buses and trains without barriers. Older people should get a voucher for digital courses. Guides should help them with online forms.

The SPD wants employees of church employers to be covered by the same labor law as everyone else, except in roles involving preaching and ministry. This is to include co-determination and collective bargaining.

Many people work for the churches. Special rules apply to them today. The SPD wants them to have the same rights as other workers. Exceptions should only apply to jobs like preaching.