The IG Metall trade union, the central union of electric industries and of communication skills (ZVEH) and the federal Minister of Employment signed an agreement on the creation of a minimum wage which will concern 270.000 employees. It will be retroactive from September 1, 2007. (Ref. 070763)
The tariff commission (Tarifausschuss) of the federal ministry of employment, equally composed of representatives from the Ministry, trade unions, and employers decided, on September 17, that the collective agreement on a minimum wage which had been negotiated beforehand between the IG Metall and the ZVEH – which represents 80.000 small and medium-size businesses – would beneficiate from a general obligation declaration (Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung). According to German law, social partners f
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