Outside talks at
the summit between Angela Merkel and her democrat social partners, bargaining
for the details of a historical revival program (see
our dispatch No. 090037), the parties of the coalition in power in Berlin
also agreed on the introduction of minimum wage in six additional sectors. On January 22, the government will ask the Bundestag to
vote to include these sectors into the “Law on posted workers.” The latter
enables, in sectors where excessively use of social and wage dumping has been
observed, to enforce statutory minimum wage for all the businesses of the sector. However, it must first be negotiated by
social partners representing more than 50% of the sector’s employees. The
sectors concerned and the minimum wage levels negotiated are the following:
assistance and care services (ongoing negotiations), surveillance and safety
services (€6-8.32 per hour), the recycling and waste management industry
(€8.02/hour), special mining services (€10.29) and industrial laundry services
(€1.480,74/month).
egotiated by
social partners representing more than 50% of the sector’s employees. The
sectors concerned and the minimum wage levels negotiated are the following:
assistance and care services (ongoing negotiations), surveillance and safety
services (€6-8.32 per hour), the recycling and waste management industry
(€8.02/hour), special mining services (€10.29) and industrial laundry services
(€1.480,74/month).
Special treatment for temporary work. On the contrary, the temporary sector (750.000 empl
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