Statutory minimum wage increased as of 01.01.2019 With the start of the new year, the statutory minimum wage also increased. Since 01 January, this is now at 9.19€ per hour. From 01.01.2020, the minimum wage will even rise to 9.35€. So far, so good. But in contrast to this, the lower wage limit under the German Temporary Employment Act, which is [...]
Great campaign for German Diversity Day and Eid Franz & Wach loves and lives diversity. The term is very multifaceted. It includes, for example, religion, gender, lifestyle or demographics. Today, diversity management is an important success factor in working life. That is why Franz & Wach has signed the Diversity Charter - an employer initiative to promote diversity. The members commit [...]
Many employees will be better off as a result of the change. As of July 1, 2020, pay groups 2 to 4 in the collective agreement for temporary employment will be redefined. Franz & Wach explains the changes in a short explanatory film, which is linked here. As always, we will implement the new regulations punctually on the 1st day of validity. The most serious change results [...]
As a long-standing, proven supplier, Franz & Wach was awarded by the supplier network nexel. Managing Director Andreas Nusko (left) and Head of Key Account Management Martin Kistella are pleased about the award as an excellent supplier The award recognizes the reliable service that we have been providing for the companies of the Industrial Cooperation QESAR for years. The increasing internationalization and [...]
Franz & Wach congratulates WHF on its 20th anniversary
The Heilbronn-Franken economic region GmbH is celebrating its 20th anniversary these days. Franz & Wach has been accompanying the development of the region as a personnel service provider for just as long. In 1998, when the Wirtschaftsregion Heilbronn-Franken GmbH was launched, Franz & Wach also came to the region with its first branches. As a pioneer in personnel services, Gerhard Wach brought the [...]
Wage gap between minimum wage and temporary employment widening
Further wage increases in temporary staffing have already been agreed On June 27, 2018, the Minimum Wage Commission announced that the statutory minimum wage in Germany, currently 8.84 euros gross per hour worked, would be raised in two stages. It will then rise initially to 9.19 euros on January 1, 2019, and then to 9.35 euros 12 months later. Already [...]
No industry integrates as well and as much as temporary staffing
One in four refugees finds their way into the labor market via temporary employment Franz & Wach offers refugees a good springboard into the labor market via temporary employment According to the latest figures from the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), temporary employment offers more refugees a job opportunity than any other sector in Germany. Alone [...]
Signed FC Bayern Munich jersey is auctioned for a good cause
Franz & Wach is committed to helping disadvantaged children with an auction on ebay. A jersey of Robert Lewandowski with all signatures of the German champion will be auctioned. This jersey of Robert Lewandowski is auctioned in favor of seriously ill children. On the back, the players of the current soccer champion have signed. At the beginning of May, we held a charity soccer tournament in Crailsheim, [...]
By means of temporary employment, nursing staff can take advantage of several benefits Franz & Wach has been addressing the personnel shortage in the nursing sector since as early as 2009. Indeed, the shortage of skilled workers has been present in the healthcare sector for many years. Even during the economic crisis of 2008/2009, when short-time work was the order of the day in the metal industry and many other sectors, the [...]
Master Vendor: Bundling of competencies in the staffing process
This solution makes the work of personnel officers easier when several personnel service providers are in use "Many cooks spoil the broth!" says an old proverb. Many a personnel officer may think the same thing when he or she receives invoices and documentation from the staffing service providers used. In fact, it can get quite complicated when a company relies on several [...]
Focus magazine names Franz & Wach the industry winner in personnel services In a recent study by Focus magazine on fairness in the workplace, the Crailsheim-based personnel services provider Franz & Wach emerges as the industry winner. Does this herald a change in image for an entire industry? It is no longer enough to offer a secure job or a good salary, [...]
Despite greater dangers in the workplace, temporary workers are sick less often than employees in other industries Temporary workers are employees like everyone else. Personnel service providers repeatedly assert this; after all, the same rights and obligations under labor law apply to temporary workers as to all employees in Germany. Protection against dismissal, continued payment of wages, vacation entitlement and similar benefits of labor law in Germany, temporary workers benefit [...]
Franz & Wach trainees once again perform excellently Since 2010, Franz & Wach Personalservice GmbH has consistently trained personnel service clerks. Most of the trainees continue their career at Franz & Wach after graduation. The training course for personnel service clerks (PDK) was offered for the first time in 2008. The job description includes all activities related to personnel management. A personnel services clerk helps people with [...]