Posttilsynsmyndigheden støttede også Deutsche Posts argument om, at virksomheden skulle betale højere socialsikringsbidrag for sine privatansatte og tjenestemænd end konkurrenter fra det private erhvervsliv normalt skulle betale for deres privatansatte.
The Postal regulator also approved Deutsche Post's claim that it had to bear higher social contributions for its private employees and civil servants than private competitors would normally have to assume for their private employees.