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Minijobs Under Pressure: A Reform Debate Without a Roadmap
TMV President Thomas Kroker accuses policymakers of discussing a fundamental change in the labor market without being able to reliably assess its consequences.
“Politics is gambling with the future of millions of people – without a plan, without an impact assessment, and without any regard for the sectors that daily secure public mobility,” says Kroker.
The scale is indeed substantial. According to the Minijob Center, around seven million people are currently employed in marginal (minijob) employment. At the end of 2024, their number stood at 6.96 million; in spring 2025, it was 6.85 million. Against this background, calls for abolition or restriction appear as an intervention with an unclear outcome.
Minijobs as a 'career dead end'?
Initiatives come from different political camps. Members of the Union advocate abolishing Minijobs where they displace regular employment. They receive support from the union ver.di, which regards Minijobs as a 'career dead end' and calls for a transfer into socially insured work. There is also approval from the SPD. However, a concrete follow-up model remains lacking.
“Politics is surprisingly united — only about what should happen concretely is not,” says Kroker.
Economic institutes urge caution. The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) comes to the conclusion that abolition would bring employees less net income, while the social security funds would hardly be relieved. At the same time, the bureaucratic burden would rise. The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) also warns against a radical cut: “A complete abolition goes too far.”
At the heart of the criticism lies a simple calculation. Those who so far earn around €603 per month in a mini job keep this amount net. If the special status is removed and tax class VI along with social contributions applies, net income falls to about €420. A drop of around 30 percent.
For Kroker, it is clear what consequences that would have:
“Anyone who believes that people would continue to take on late, weekend, or early shifts for €180 less net per month is living in a parallel universe.”
Without mini-jobs there are supply gaps!
The consequences would be especially noticeable in the transport sector. The taxi and rental-car industry uses mini-jobs to cover flexible needs: for student transports, medical and disability rides, on-call duty, or nighttime driving services. Especially in rural regions, a removal of this form of work could leave supply gaps. How student transportation could be organized remains open.
The association therefore calls for a fundamental course correction. Reforms are not excluded, but must be backed by a viable concept.
Content automatically translated.“If the abolition or reform of mini-jobs is being considered, then only with a fully calculated, finalized future concept,” says Kroker. This must be developed together with the affected industries. “Anything else is political folly.”
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