Collective bargaining round in the first half of 2009: real increases and long-term agreements
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), many of the standard wage increases which became effective in Germany in the first half of 2009 ranged between 2.0% and 3.0%. Hence these increases were significantly higher than the year-on-year rises in consumer prices which ranged between 1.0% (February) and 0.0% (May) during the first six months of 2009. In the first half of 2009, the trend towards long-term agreements and staggered increases continued. Thus the new wage settlement negotiated in the construction industry covers a period of two years. As from June 2009 and April 2010, it provides for standard wage increases of 2.3% in the former territory of the Federal Republic and Berlin, while it provides for increases of 2.6% and 2.5%, respectively, in the new Länder. >>> brief methodological description
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