Posting of Workers
On April 24, 2009, the Act Regulating Compulsory Working Conditions for Workers Posted Transnationally and Regularly Employed in the Home Market (Posting of Workers Act) came into force, replacing the AEntG of February 26, 1996. By way of the AEntG, Germany has implemented the Directive Concerning the Posting of Workers in the Framework of the Provision of Services (Posting of Workers Directive) in its national law.
The act requires employers with their base in Germany, employers with their base abroad (including contractors operating on the basis of bilateral agreements) as well as Hirers-Out and Hirers to comply with legally required working conditions. A minimum wage has to be paid in the care provision sector. In certain industries, employers and hirers-out are obliged to grant the working conditions laid down in collective wage agreements. There are also other obligations affecting employers, hirers-out and hirers.
