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In 2008, the low-pay incidence was with 29.9% among females more than double that among males. Across industries, the share of low-paid was highest in cleaning (78.4%), hospitality (60.5%) and security (54.0%). In retail the low-pay incidence was 34.0%, in the care sector 26.7%. The IAQ researchers go into efforts to conclude industry collective agreements that the government, if covering 50% of employees at national level, based on the Posted Workers Act can declare generally binding. In 2010 this has been realized for low-pay sectors such as waste treatment (January, 130,000 employed), commercial cleaning (March, 860,000), and the care sector (August, 810,000). Though the coming into being of these industry-specific minimum wages may diminish the share of the very low-paid, the researchers make the reservation that the agreed minimum wage rates remain quite low, below the low-pay threshold of Euro 9.06 (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 2 December 2009 and Year 3 March, May and July-August 2010).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: G. Bosch, C. Weinkopf (2010) \u003Cem>EWERC EC project Minimum Wage System and Changing Industrial Relations in Europe. National Report Germany\u003C\u002Fem>. Duisburg - Essen: IAQ \u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">(\u003C\u002Fspan>http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mbs.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Feuropeanemployment\u002Fprojects …)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C!-- [if gte mso 9]>\u003Cxml>\r\n \u003Co:OfficeDocumentSettings>\r\n  \u003Co:AllowPNG>\u003C\u002Fo:AllowPNG>\r\n  \u003Co:PixelsPerInch>72\u003C\u002Fo:PixelsPerInch>\r\n  \u003Co:TargetScreenSize>1024x768\u003C\u002Fo:TargetScreenSize>\r\n \u003C\u002Fo:OfficeDocumentSettings>\r\n\u003C\u002Fxml>\u003C![endif]-->\u003C!-- [if gte mso 9]>\u003Cxml>\r\n \u003Cw:WordDocument>\r\n  \u003Cw:View>Normal\u003C\u002Fw:View>\r\n  \u003Cw:Zoom>0\u003C\u002Fw:Zoom>\r\n  \u003Cw:Compatibility>\r\n   \u003Cw:BreakWrappedTables>\u003C\u002Fw:BreakWrappedTables>\r\n   \u003Cw:SnapToGridInCell>\u003C\u002Fw:SnapToGridInCell>\r\n   \u003Cw:WrapTextWithPunct>\u003C\u002Fw:WrapTextWithPunct>\r\n   \u003Cw:UseAsianBreakRules>\u003C\u002Fw:UseAsianBreakRules>\r\n  \u003C\u002Fw:Compatibility>\r\n  \u003Cw:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser>\u003C\u002Fw:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser>\r\n \u003C\u002Fw:WordDocument>\r\n\u003C\u002Fxml>\u003C![endif]-->\u003C!-- [if gte mso 10]>\r\n\u003Cstyle>\r\n \u002F* Style Definitions *\u002F\r\n table.MsoNormalTable\r\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\r\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\r\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\r\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\r\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\r\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\r\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;\r\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\r\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\r\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\r\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\r\n\u003C\u002Fstyle>\r\n\u003C![endif]-->\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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