PRESS STATEMENT Family Day: IG Metall Calls for More Support for Parents and Caregivers

Christiane Benner: The situation for parents and caregivers is becoming increasingly dire. Emergency care at daycare centers and schools remains insufficient. Working parents and family caregivers have been at or beyond their breaking point for weeks. In the coming days, support under the Infection Protection Act will expire for the first group of parents. The affected parents urgently need a follow-up provision covering the entire duration of school and daycare closures. Compensation must increase from 67 percent of net pay to 80 percent. The cap of 2,016 euros per month must be removed.”

Benner warned against a return to old gender roles: “We must prevent working mothers from bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis and being pushed out of the labor market. We need quick and unbureaucratic solutions that support both mothers and fathers.”

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