[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-wave-of-equal-pay-hikes-for-agency-workers-november-6-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},19040,"germany-wave-of-equal-pay-hikes-for-agency-workers-november-6-2012","Germany -Wave of equal pay hikes for agency workers -November 6, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-wave-of-equal-pay-hikes-for-agency-workers-november-6-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:48:26.568813+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F19040\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-wave-of-equal-pay-hikes-for-agency-workers-november-6-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:17.742158+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>After the steel, metal and electronics sectors, textile and clothing industry as well as the wood and plastics sectors are now also introducing higher pay for agency workers in order to reach equal pay with direct hires. Staffing firms have reacted critically to the pay raises, warning they will lead to job losses. Many companies, however, have said they hope the wage increases will make agency work more attractive for higher educated workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.staffingindustry.com\u002Feng\u002Fcontent\u002Fview\u002Ffull\u002F72986\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.staffingindustry.com\u002Feng\u002Fcontent\u002Fview\u002Ffull\u002F72986\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous issues of the \u003Ci>Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fi> please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\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. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]