HECTAS practiced wage agreement: HECTAS employees receive the agreed wage adjustment in Wuppertal, 03 March 2010 the nationwide active HECTAS facility services Foundation & co. has issued a clear vote KG with headquarters in Wuppertal with the wage agreement in the autumn of 2009: welcomes the tariff increase of 3.1 per cent (3.8% in the East), and it provides the basis for a fair deal in the market. HECTAS pays the tariff newly set wage adjustment since the beginning of the year to all industrial employees. The specialist for building cleaning sees it as given that the existing wage soon as minimum wage will be set. Even without a declaration of generally binding all our employees receive the collectively agreed pay raise since January 1, 2010 without exception”, explains Hans ter Pelle, CEO of HECTAS.
We maintain a fairness in our relationships with our employees, which is our corporate culture. Finally we assume loyalty among our employees, what is not least in the interest of our customers.” HECTAS thus consciously distances himself from the currently usual practice of other companies. After entry into force of the new collective agreement for building cleaners in January 2010, the collective bargaining Committee in the explore (BMAS) has unanimously the recommendation on February 10, 2010 the Federal Labour Minister, to explain the minimum wage agreement industry for binding. This will happen probably mid-March by publication in the Federal Gazette. Until then, there are the employer not the legal obligation to pay the tariff increase to non-unionized employees.
About HECTAS: HECTAS facility services Stiftung & co. KG with its headquarters in Wuppertal is one of the leading quality providers for infrastructure building in Europe. The company employs 12,000 employees in nine European countries in the segments building-cleaning services, building services and security services. HECTAS was founded in 1974 as a subsidiary of the Vorwerk group. Their sophisticated, individually for each HECTAS offers customers, inter alia in the fields of industry, management, food processing, health and care, trade and logistics solutions. HECTAS is a member of the quality network building services is for all branches according to ISO 9001 and 14001 certified.