A wage commission for elderly care is working on behalf of the government for new, higher minimum wages - but does not know what is happening at the same time, also on behalf of the government in its area of responsibility.
Instead, they are surprised by a new wage regulation of the long-term care insurance funds: Apparently, this is how wage policy works when politicians presume to be able to do better than employees and employers on the basis of collective bargaining autonomy.
Unfortunately, the current process is not just a deterrent example for possible further projects of this kind. Above all, the resulting confusion is a heavy, unnecessary burden for nursing homes and services, which are currently having enough difficulties with Corona and a politically poorly prepared compulsory vaccination for nursing staff.
The fact that the parties have still not clarified who is to finance the desired increase in wage costs makes matters worse.
That would be her political homework, which is overdue.
At school, the reward for such sloppy behavior was once: sit, six!