Union ver.di reached a wage agreement for the 2,000 employees of the Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL Home Delivery, who handle the entire storage of goods as well as their shipping and returns management, especially for business customers. In August 2022, the employees initially received a one-time payment of €500. From 2023 the same amount will be paid for salary groups 1-4 as an annual bonus. For salary groups 5-6, the benchmark for determining the variable salary is to be increased by €500. In addition, the monthly wage tables will be increased by €140 for everyone as of 1 October 2022. Effectively, this means a wage increase of up to 8.6%. The term is 17 months until 31 October 2023.
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