The IG Metall trade union and Arbeitgeberverbändein of metal and electrical industry have agreed on a neuenTarifvertrag, after last 13 hours of negotiations and previous 24-hour warning strikes throughout Germany. The graduation can be seen. Because it takes into account interests of both sides.
The employees will receive an ordinary salary increase of 4.3 percent and several one-off payments, and today's vacation money will be permanently raised by 27.5 percent of a monthly income. On or, y get more freedom of choice in working hours: it will be a Anspruchgeben to reduce working time to 28 hours per week for a maximum of two years – and for everyone. But instead of a salary allowance – like Zunächstgefordert – employees who have children under age of eight or need are able to convert plus for vacation money into six extra days off, two more sievom employers still get.
Even shift workers erhaltenzusätzliche free days. In return, in certain circumstances, working hours may be increased by up to half of employees in companies, from 35 to a maximum of 40 hours per week. The reduction in working time is thus lifted by increase in working time of ors. In fact, many employees find it attractive. Because quite a few want to work longer to earn more money. Thus, employers have room to keep dasArbeitsvolumen stable or even to increase m.
A paradigm shiftAt first glance, it may seem that IG Metall has not reached its demand for salary compensation – but that is not true. In fact, Union was very successful. First of all, it was unthinkable for companies to recognise social reasons for a reduction in working time and material appreciate, as required by IG Metall. The argument of employers: this is a matter of derSozialpolitik and not of collective agreements.
But now Union has enforced paradigm shift. And because wages are rising sharply and re are also payments, those who reduce ir family, care or shift work will not be made financially worse.
The conclusion is a good compromise. It allows employees to choose ir own working hours to suit ir needs without having to suffer too much of ir salary. At same time, companies do not have to fear that y will soon have no people, because everyone wants to reduce.
Date Of Update: 07 February 2018, 12:02
