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35 Work or service contracts and temporary employment The new German Temporary Employment Act [AÜG] came into force on 01.04.2017 By Horst Klesen, Lawyer, KLESEN & KAMP RECHTSANWÄLTE, Heusweiler The Act covers two sets of rules closely linked in substance: on the one hand, stronger control of temporary work and, on the other, the containment of deployment of external human resources on the basis of service or work contracts. In the case of temporary work, which was strongly deregulated in the course of the Harz reforms, the regulations have been tightened even more. In particular, a maxi- mum service period of 18 months has been introduced as well as establishing the principle of equal treatment of temporary workers and permanent employees. In future, after maximum 9 months, tem- porary workers must receive the same pay as comparable permanent employees. The abuse of work or service contracts iden- tified by the German Federal Government should be curbed as the definition of awork or service contract in § 611 a BGB [German Civil Code] now clearly establishes what constitutes an employee. 1. Summary of the general provisions of the new German Temporary Employment Act ›  First definition of a temporary worker (§ 1 Subsection 1 Sentence 2 AÜG) ›  Express prohibition of chain assignment (§ 1 Subsection 1 Sentence 3 AÜG) ›  Specification of the revolving-door clause, when the temporary worker was previously an employee of the hiring company or a company affiliated to the same group (§ 8 Subsection 3 AÜG) ›  Limitation of the maximum service dura- tion to 18 months with collective agree- ment opening (§ 1 Subsection 1 b AÜG) ›  Specification of a stronger understand- ing of the principle of equal treatment (equal treatment § 8 AÜG) ›  Only a limited collective agreement opening within the extent of the equal- pay principle for 9-15 months and a broadly defined collective agreement opening for other working conditions ›  Interruption periods of 3months for both maximum service duration (§ 1 Subsec- tion 1 b AÜG) and the application of the principle of equal treatment under a collective agreement (§ 8 Subsection 4 Sentence 4 AÜG) ›  Extensive identification requirements and, in this connection, the ineffective- ness of a so-called precautionary licence (§ 1 Subsection 1 Sentence 5, 6 AÜG) ›  Strong governmentalisation of the maintenance declaration of the tempo- rary worker implied in an employment relationship with the hiring company (§ 9 AÜG) ›  Severe sanctions for even minor viola- tions ›  Prohibition of deployment of temporary workers as strike breakers (§ 11 Subsec- tion 5 AÜG) ›  Limited extension of works council rights to information (§§ 80, 92 BetrVG [German Works Constitution Act]) ›  Due consideration of temporary workers in the case of thresholds after working for the hiring company for minimum 6 months (§ 14 Subsection 2 AÜG) 2. Definition of a temporary worker (§ 1 Subsection 1 Sentence 2 AÜG) ‘Workers are deemed to be temporarily employed if they are incorporated into the work organisation of the hiring company and are subject to the instructions of the hiring company.’ (§ 12 Subsection 1 Sen- tence 2 AÜG) ‘If the contract and its actual performance are in contradiction to each other, the actual performance shall be determina- tive of the legal classification of the con- tract.’ NB: The hiring company must take the decisions typical of an employment rela- tionship on the assignment of the worker in respect of time and place, i.e. the hiring company must assume the personal sover- eignty of this person … Image: © KLESEN & KAMP RECHTSANWÄLTE Werkverträge und Arbeitnehmerüberlassung Seit dem 01.04.2017 ist das neue Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz in Kraft Das Gesetz umfasst zwei sachlich miteinander verbundene Regelungs- komplexe, nämlich zum einen die stär- kere Regulierung der Zeitarbeit und zum anderen die Eindämmung des Dritt- personaleinsatzes auf der Grundlage von Dienst- und Werkverträgen. Bei der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, die im Zuge der Hartz-Reformen stark liberali- siert worden war, wird die Regulierungs- schraube noch stärker angezogen. Insbesondere ist eine Höchstüber- lassungsdauer von … Weiterlesen … https://t1p.de/b7y7 Summary Horst Klesen Read more … https://t1p.de/altb S H A R E