Last August 23, the German cabinet decided to extend to the industrial cleaning sector (Entsedegesetz) the law on questions linked to the posted workers within services provision. As is already the case in the construction sector, the announced amendment does not institute any legal minimum wage for the sector. On the other hand, it recognises that the social partners in the sector have a minimum salary and, most of all, it makes compulsory the implementation of this to all employees in the sector, including those who work in the sector that have not signed the collective agreement. The social partners in the industrial cleaning sector have agreed a rate of 7.87 euros/hour in the West and 6.36 euros/hour in the new Länder in the East. As in the case with the BTP, the measure is clearly aimed at protecting the 20.000 businesses in the sector from the competition brought about by the new members states of the European Union. In fact, the decision will be applied to all employees in the sector and particularly to employees arriving from a third world country.
g sector have agreed a rate of 7.87 euros/hour in the West and 6.36 euros/hour in the new Länder in the East. As in the case with the BTP, the measure is clearly aimed at protecting the 20.000 businesses in the sector from the competition brought about by the new members states of the European Union. In fact, the decision will be applied to all employees in the sector and particularly to employees arriving from a third world country.
This amendment was forecast by the coalition agreements betwee
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