{"id":12463,"date":"2025-03-27T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/?p=12463"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:58:46","slug":"tarifvertraege-mindestlohn-was-gilt-fuer-internationale-mitarbeiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/tarifvertraege-mindestlohn-was-gilt-fuer-internationale-mitarbeiter\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective agreements & minimum wage - what applies to international employees?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you employ international skilled workers - whether from the EU or from third countries - the following apply the same labor law regulations<\/strong> as for German employees. Particularly relevant here are the statutory minimum wage<\/strong>, possible Industry-specific collective agreements<\/strong> and compliance with labor standards.<\/p>\n

1. principle of equal treatment: no special rules for international employees<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Important for you as an employer:
The following apply to international employees No special regulations<\/strong> with regard to remuneration, working hours or vacation entitlement. You may neither disadvantaged<\/strong> still preferred<\/strong> The principle of equal treatment under German labor law applies without restriction.<\/p>\n

2. statutory minimum wage<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The statutory minimum wage<\/strong> applies for all employees<\/strong>regardless of their origin, nationality or residence status.<\/p>\n

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  • Since the January 1, 2024<\/strong> the minimum wage is 12.41 euros gross per hour<\/strong> (as of March 2025).<\/li>\n
  • Also Mini-jobber<\/strong>seasonal workers or employees in their probationary period are entitled to this minimum wage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Important:<\/strong> The payment of a lower wage due to a lack of German language skills or deviating qualifications is not permitted<\/strong>if the activity is comparable to that of other employees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    3. collective agreements and industry minimum wages<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    In certain industries Binding collective agreements<\/strong> with their own (often higher) minimum wages. These are mandatory for all employers - even those who are not bound by collective agreements. This applies, for example:<\/p>\n

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    • Care sector<\/li>\n
    • Building trade<\/li>\n
    • Building cleaning<\/li>\n
    • Electrical trade<\/li>\n
    • Temporary work \/ agency work<\/li>\n
    • Security services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      If you are active in such an industry, you must comply with the Industry minimum wage<\/strong> also pay international employees.<\/p>\n

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      Example:<\/strong> Depending on the job, the minimum wage in building cleaning can exceed 13 Euro<\/strong> This also applies to foreign skilled workers in your company.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      4. posting to Germany (foreign employers)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      When foreign companies bring workers to Germany send<\/strong>The same applies to these employees, for example in the context of projects or assembly work:<\/p>\n

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      • The German minimum wage<\/li>\n
      • The German working hours<\/li>\n
      • Collective agreements, if declared binding for the industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Wenn Sie internationale Fachkr\u00e4fte besch\u00e4ftigen \u2013 ganz gleich ob aus der EU oder aus Drittstaaten \u2013 gelten die gleichen arbeitsrechtlichen Regelungen wie f\u00fcr deutsche Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer. Besonders relevant sind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arbeitsrecht-mitarbeiter-aus-dem-ausland","category-tarifvertraege-mindestlohn-was-gilt-fuer-internationale-mitarbeiter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12473,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12463\/revisions\/12473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bosporus24.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}