The Hourly wage rate (HWR) is a collectively agreed hourly wage for a specific wage group in the construction industry. It is a component of the total collectively agreed hourly wage, which is made up of the standard hourly wage and the construction supplement.
What is the agreed hourly wage?
For manual workers in the construction industry, collective wage agreements distinguish between different wage groups. Each wage group is assigned a specific standard hourly wage in the relevant wage agreements.
The exact amount of the collectively agreed hourly wage results from the respectively applicable TV Lohn. However, the basics for classification into the wage groups are contained in the BRTV.
What role does the pay grade play?
The BRTV distinguishes between various wage groups for commercial employees. In particular, training, skills and knowledge, as well as the activity to be performed, are decisive for the classification.
The standard hourly wage is therefore based on the wage group to which the employee is assigned in accordance with the collective agreement provisions.
Wage group 4 is of particular significance: its collectively agreed hourly wage is defined in the BRTV as base wage designated.
Negotiated hourly wage and total negotiated hourly wage – what is the difference?
In the construction industry, the standard hourly wage is determined by Total collective hourly wage to distinguish.
The total collectively agreed hourly wage is made up of the collectively agreed hourly wage and the collective construction supplement.
In short: Standard hourly wage (TL) + construction supplement (BZ) = total standard hourly wage (GTL).
The BRTV fundamentally links the collectively agreed wage entitlement to the total collective hourly wage of the wage group applicable to the employee.
Standard hourly wage and Minimum wage - what is the difference?
The standard hourly wage is derived from an applicable Collective agreement. The statutory Minimum wage, on the other hand, represents a statutory minimum wage floor.
Standard hourly wage and Minimum wage are therefore different wage concepts. Which remuneration an employee is actually entitled to depends, among other things, on which statutory and collective bargaining regulations apply to the employment relationship.
