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

The AfD wants regular, independent audits of social sector providers to prevent waste. Only welfare organizations that behave in a politically neutral way would receive state money.

The AfD wants to check welfare groups more closely. This is meant to stop wasted money. Only politically neutral groups should get state money.

The AfD wants to raise the state allowance for blind people from 345.80 euros to at least 500 euros a month and tie it to inflation. It also wants allowances for visually impaired and deafblind people and higher pay in sheltered workshops for people with disabilities.

Blind people should get more money from the state. It should be at least 500 euros a month. People with poor eyesight should also get money. Pay in workshops for disabled people should go up.

The AfD wants to enable older people to live self-determined, socially connected lives. To that end, senior-friendly infrastructure in rural areas, projects against loneliness, and intergenerational programs would be expanded.

Older people should be able to live well and independently. Rural areas should have doctors, shops, post offices, banks, and buses. The AfD wants to do something about loneliness. Old and young should do more together.

The BSW wants to implement the Bundesteilhabegesetz (Federal Participation Act) and gear benefits for people with disabilities more closely to the individual. The federal government is to bear the extra costs to relieve municipalities. Daycare, schools, youth services and the labor market are to become inclusive.

People with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere. The BSW wants to put a law on this into practice. The federal government should pay the extra costs. Daycare, schools and jobs should be open to all. Doctors' offices should be reachable without steps.

The BSW wants a law for Brandenburg under which public contracts and subsidies go only to companies that pay collectively agreed wages. Through the Bundesrat, the statutory minimum wage should rise to at least 14 euros. The party points out that wages and collective bargaining coverage in Brandenburg are well below western German levels.

The BSW wants higher wages in Brandenburg. The state should give contracts only to companies that pay union-agreed wages. These are wages that unions and employers negotiate. The minimum wage should rise to at least 14 euros. Jobs in social care should be paid better.

The CDU wants to abolish the Bürgergeld (citizen's income) and replace it with a new basic support system built on the principle of "support and demand." In the party's view, the Bürgergeld creates the wrong incentives, and people who work should clearly end up with more than those who don't.

The CDU wants to end the Bürgergeld. A new basic support system should replace it. The state should help, but also ask for something. People who can work but refuse jobs should get no money. Asylum seekers should do community work.

The CDU supports the highest possible coverage by collective wage agreements. It wants to make it easier to declare such agreements binding for entire sectors, since in the program's view they create prosperity and ensure fair competition.

Collective agreements set wages and working conditions. The CDU wants many companies to use them. These agreements should more easily apply to a whole industry. The CDU says this also helps find skilled workers.

The CDU wants to stop young people from leaving Brandenburg. Training opportunities, affordable housing and leisure options are meant to make the state more attractive to teenagers and young families.

Many young people move away from Brandenburg. The CDU wants to change that. There should be good training jobs. Young people should find cheap places to live.

The CDU wants older people to live independently for as long as possible. It would support age-appropriate home renovations, services in rural areas and social participation, and tackle loneliness.

The CDU wants older people to stay independent for a long time. They should be able to stay in their homes. Homes should be adapted for them. Older people should not be lonely.

The SPD wants more employees in Brandenburg to be paid under collective bargaining agreements. Public contracts would go only to companies that comply with such agreements. According to the platform, the lack of collective bargaining coverage hurts wages and working conditions.

The SPD wants more union wage agreements in Brandenburg. These agreements set pay and working hours for many companies. Only companies that follow them should get state contracts. The SPD says this means better pay for workers.

The SPD wants to raise the minimum wage that applies to state public contracts to 15 euros an hour in two steps. The platform sees this as a tool for fairer pay and as a push for the statutory minimum wage.

State contracts have their own minimum wage. It is 13 euros an hour. The SPD wants to raise it to 15 euros. This would happen in two steps.

The SPD wants to coordinate public holidays in Brandenburg and Berlin. This is meant to help commuters who work in one state and rely on childcare in the other. The number of holidays would not go down.

Brandenburg and Berlin have some different public holidays. The SPD wants to make them match. This helps people who commute between the two states. The number of holidays should not go down.

The SPD wants to tackle the shortage of labor and skilled workers with a broad approach that also covers housing and social infrastructure. Plans include a recruitment drive, more dormitory places for trainees with capped rent, and immigration of skilled workers from abroad.

Brandenburg does not have enough workers. The SPD wants to bring more skilled workers to the state. Some should come from other countries. Trainees should get more dorm places. The rent there should be limited.

The SPD wants to create citizen service points or social offices that advise on all social benefits in one place. Poverty, especially among children, is to be tackled further. Participation in old age and for people with disabilities also remains a goal.

The SPD wants to set up social offices. There, people get advice on all state benefits. They no longer need to visit many offices. The SPD also wants to keep fighting child poverty.