BMI Public Service
Collective Agreement for the Public Service
The Collective Agreement for the Public Service has completely overhauled the law governing public employees in the public service and has been one of the focal points of public modernization. The Federation and the local authorities on the one hand and the trade unions on the other signed the Collective Agreement for the Public Service on 13 September 2005. The Employers' Association of the German Länder (TdL), which represents public employers at the federal level, is not a party to this agreement.
The new collective agreement puts into practice the agreements made in the 2002/2003 wage round to overhaul the law governing public employees in the public service, and the agreements with regard to major reform matters reached on 9 February 2005.
The Collective Agreement for the Public Service took effect on 1 October 2005. Its main elements are as follows:
On 1 January 2007, a performance- and experience-related pay system will be introduced for public employees in a first move to establish a performance-related pay sytem for all public service staff as a major element of the modernization of the public service envisaged by the Federal Government.
The new collective agreement puts into practice the agreements made in the 2002/2003 wage round to overhaul the law governing public employees in the public service, and the agreements with regard to major reform matters reached on 9 February 2005.
The Collective Agreement for the Public Service took effect on 1 October 2005. Its main elements are as follows:
- uniform legal provisions for all public employees;
- flexible working hours, in particular at the level of undertakings;
- performance- and experience-related pay;
- improved personnel management and leadership responsibility through fixed-term management contracts and management positions on probation;
- customized regulations for the administration, hospitals, airports, savings banks and waste management
On 1 January 2007, a performance- and experience-related pay system will be introduced for public employees in a first move to establish a performance-related pay sytem for all public service staff as a major element of the modernization of the public service envisaged by the Federal Government.
