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Factsheet for case DE-2020-13/406 – measures in Germany
Country | Germany , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 27 March 2020 – 31 December 2020 |
Type | Bipartite collective agreements |
Category |
Employment protection and retention
– Income support for people in employment (e.g. short-time work) |
Author | Birgit Kraemer (Hans Boeckler Foundation) and Eurofound |
Case created | 09 April 2020 (updated 05 May 2020) |
To support companies to get through the crisis, the collective bargaining partners of the chemical and pharmaceutical sector on 27 March 2020 agreed on a fixed-term crisis agreement. It reduced the period for the announcement of short-time working, settles that annual extra days of leave can all be taken in one year rather over a number of years and that flexibility instruments can be developed at establishment level under the condition of the consent of the collective bargaining partners. Furthermore, a joint information desk is set up by the social partners.
Content of the new agreement
no information yet
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers | Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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Social partners jointly
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No special funding required
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative | Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
N/A
Sectoral collective agreement covering the chemical sector in Germany
This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
Economic area | Sector (NACE level 2) |
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C - Manufacturing | C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
This case is not occupation-specific.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Chemical sector: Collective agreement for getting through the COVID-19 pandemic , case DE-2020-13/406 (measures in Germany), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
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