The government wants to make it mandatory for self-employed individuals to enroll in the German Pension Insurance (DRV). We hereby call on them to simultaneously implement effective reforms to the status determination process and ensure a fair calculation of social security contributions for the self-employed!
This is the only way to successfully implement mandatory pension insurance without causing a massive decline in new business start-ups and the number of self-employed people in Germany.
What are the government’s plans?
The federal government intends to implement the Pension Commission’s 33 recommendations for pension reform as a comprehensive package. Mandatory pension insurance for the self-employed (Recommendation 22) is part of this package, which is why we must assume that it will in all likelihood be introduced, despite all the legitimate criticism that can be leveled against it. This makes it all the more important for us to advocate for accompanying reforms—so that current and future self-employed individuals can work profitably and with legal certainty!
That is why we strongly urge: No mandatory pension contributions for the self-employed without legal certainty and fair contribution rates!
Further Recommendations: To implement the pension requirement for the self-employed in a way that is acceptable and thus successful, further measures are needed in the near future. In a statement to the Pension Commission and Federal Minister of Labor Bas, we have submitted ten additional proposals on this matter.
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