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New regulations for temporary work and the contract for work

Good things come to those who wait?

The topic “deployment of external staff” does not come to peace. After the confusion caused by the German Minimum Wage Law introduced in 2015, employers will have to struggle with changes to legal regulations concerning contract staffing and the contract law for work in 2017. The coalition agreement of 2013 laid down the action to combat concealed contract staffing and sham contracting arrangements. So far, so good. After the first draft was strongly criticized on the part of the employers as well as by the trade unions, the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) has amended the...

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