The Minister of labour, it is enough: dumping wages for the package to deliverer to give it in Germany in the future. He wants to take the service provider in the duty. Already to the end of the year to grab his solution.
“I’m not ready to accept the development in Parts of the package industry for longer,” said Federal Minister for labour, Hubertus Heil, the editor-in network in Germany. It was “shameful the conditions under which the workers there have to work”. Therefore, to proceed by law.
Healing wants to introduce in the package industry, the so-called subcontractor liability. The actual Client would then be for the correct working conditions for all subcontractors responsible. The large delivery services would have to vouch for violations of its subcontractor against the social obligation to take out insurance and pay the premiums. With this subcontractor’s liability had been made in the construction industry already had good experiences, so medicinal.
Permanent vs. contractors
The labour market in the package industry is divided according to the Union Verdi two. Only two of the five major parcel services in Germany work mainly inside with their own permanent staff Deliverers and mail carriers. These are Verdi, according to the parcel services DHL and UPS. Your employees subject to social insurance jobs and be paid in accordance with the Tariff.
According to the plans of the Federal Minister of labour, the healing, the Client will be responsible for the working conditions
Otherwise, almost exclusively sub-contractors to be used. There the working conditions are often precarious. According to information from Verdi chief Frank Bsirske, the hourly wage is, in part at 4.50 euros or 6 euros, while up to 12 or even 16 hours must be worked per day. The statutory minimum wage is currently 9,19 euros. The Union welcomed the Plan of the Minister of Labour.
Package service providers reject the criticism of the working conditions. The Association of parcel and Express logistics (BIEK) said that the company’s commitment to their contractual partner for the payment of the minimum wage and working time recording. To belong to the members of the BIEK, the service provider DPD, Hermes, UPS and GLS.
The boom in online Commerce is driving the demand for the different services. The packet flood the company in the search for riders with challenges. The increased shopping on the Internet also ensures that the packaging waste is increasing.
ust/yy (afp, dpa, dgb.de, biek.de)