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Minimum wages and average wages in Germany

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Minimum wages and average wages in Germany

          In June 2015, the German government announced a 4 percent wage increase, effective from January 2016. The increase in this minimum wage Determined by the independent committee based on data from the Federal Bureau of Statistics. This increase in minimum wage is the first increase after the introduction of the minimum wage system in 2014 and the minimum wage law. There will be a minimum wage adjustment every two years. There are about 4 million Germans who receive a minimum wage. This applies to all German employees aged 18 and over except for self-employed persons. The minimum wage in Germany in January 2017 is € 8.84 / hour or € 1,532 / month. The minimum wage that was first applied in Germany in 2015 is € 8.50 / hour. Of the standard working week. Employees will receive a minimum wage of 1,473 euros / month before Germany’s minimum wage applicable to almost all employees Including foreign workers, part-time workers, trainees (under specific conditions), and employees working in the probationary period. 
         In addition, the government has provided services. “Minimum wage hotline” and “salary calculator” to calculate the minimum hourly wage for an employee. While the minimum wage is applied to most employees across the country, freelance worker In addition, the minimum wage is not applicable to trainees with less than 3 months’ traineeship or apprentice trainees who are part of the workforce. Study in the university Long term unemployed workers can receive lower wages than the minimum wage for the first six months of their employment. Seriously punished if not paid the minimum wage for their workers. When law enforcement minimum wage initially, the Tax Enforcement Unit for Undeclared Work needs to add a large number of staff to deal with companies that do not comply with this law. Employees’ councils and trade unions have watched the pay slips lower than they should have been. At the establishment level Although theoretically, the company may be fined up to 500,000 euros if this law is not complied with. Employees who are confident that they are paid below the minimum wage. Talk to your employer to fix the problem. Before sending a story to a third party, employees can talk to the union (if any) and if the employer still does not fix it. Legal action is required. Employees have 3 years to claim wages below the minimum wage, working conditions and average salaries in Germany are better than other countries. In Europe, many countries. According to an OECD survey in 2016, three out of four of the population aged 15-64 years in Germany had jobs higher than the OECD average. According to the data, in 2015 the average net salary for Germany is € 2,155 / month. Up 4.68 percent from the previous year. Germany is ranked No. 8 of the EU-28 countries, although the increase in average wages Year on year In addition, a survey of professional salaries, such as engineers or IT, found that salaries were between € 45,000 and € 60,000. Data from the Institute for Economic and Social Research show that in the first year Germany used the minimum wage system. Unskilled and semi-skilled workers benefit. The salary increase is greater than the average salary increase. As with part time employees (or mini jobs), the increase in salaries is highest in the meat industry. Security Construction and catering, the fear that the minimum wage in Germany will have an effect on the level of unemployment is still unknown while the unemployment rate is lower.

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