Important information on
minimum working conditions for employment in Germany.
Please note!

Your right to a minimum wage and other benefits

You are entitled to the statutory minimum wage or a collectively agreed minimum wage applicable to your occupational group, plus collectively agreed supplements (in the main construction industry, for example, night work, work on Sundays/public holidays, work at height or with protective clothing).

MINIMUM WAGE

You are entitled to the statutory minimum wage for the duration of your employment in Germany. This currently (01/2026) amounts to EUR 13.90 (gross) for each hour worked.

Higher minimum wages apply in certain industries (currently, for example, roofers, electricians, scaffolders, painters)!

NO WAGE DEDUCTION

Your employer is not entitled to deduct costs incurred as a result of the posting (e.g. travel or accommodation costs) from your wages.

OTHER BENEFITS

Furthermore, you are entitled to certain mandatory supplements and other benefits.

In the construction industry, for example, the following supplements are mandatory:

  • Sunday and public holiday work
  • Night work
  • Working at great heights
  • Working with special protective clothing
  • Working in difficult conditions (water, compressed air, heat, dirt, etc.)

Such supplements and benefits are also mandatory in other industries.

LEAVE ENTITLEMENT

In addition, employees are entitled to leave entitlement, leave pay and leave allowance in accordance with the generally binding collective agreement applicable to employment in Germany or nationwide legal regulations.

Further official information

FEDERAL FRAMEWORK COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

The Federal Framework Agreement for the Construction Industry is available on the SOKA-Bau website (www.soka-bau.de) or on the website of the Main Customs Office (Customs online – Employees – Working conditions according to collective agreements and legal regulations).

MAIN CUSTOMS OFFICE

Information on minimum working conditions (minimum wages, holiday entitlement, social security, collective agreements, etc.) can be found on the website of the Main Customs Office at www.zoll.de under the heading Customs online – Employees.

Please inform us and register!

Please find out about your working conditions and assert your rights vis-à-vis your employer. Your employer has assured us that he fulfils all working conditions.

Please contact the Lupp site manager if your wages or bonuses/allowances have not been paid in full by the 15th day of the following month, or if your employer has not granted you holiday leave, holiday pay or holiday allowance. Please also inform the Lupp site manager if you are housed in substandard accommodation.

Do you have any questions?

Please feel free to contact our central administration for the Posted Workers Act.

By telephone
Frau Gottwald: 06043 – 807 333
Frau Keil: 06043 – 807 334

or your project manager on site at your construction site!