IG Metall and the employers’ association of the metal and electrical industry in Thuringen have agreed on a collective bargaining framework for the harmonisation of working hours. This means that the path towards a 35-hour week can now also be taken in Thuringen. While the western federal states have had a collectively agreed working time of 35 hours per week for decades, employees in the metal and electrical industry in the eastern federal states have had to work 38 hours a week for the same pay for more than three decades.
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