Angemessenheit der Eingruppierung kommunaler Wahlbeamtinnen und Wahlbeamter

The tasks which municipal election officials have to fulfil have developed in line with the significant increase in the tasks of local authorities in general over the past few years. However, the basic salary conditions for municipal election officials and the compensation they receive for their work have remained constant. Using a comparative analysis of salary law regulations in Germany’s federal states, this study develops a consistent and coherent wage system for municipal election officials, which is in line with the constitutional stipulations for an appropriate form of remuneration for this function. To this end, the author also develops original parameters, which are specific to each position, for this particular group of officials and suggests forms of bonuses and expense allowances that they could receive.