{"id":4394,"date":"2026-04-15T11:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/?post_type=glossar&#038;p=4394"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:03:28","slug":"zvk","status":"publish","type":"glossar","link":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/glossar\/zvk\/","title":{"rendered":"ZVK"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"definition\">\n  <div class=\"snippet info\">\n    <p>The <strong>ZVK-Bau<\/strong> is the <strong>Zusatzversorgungskasse des Baugewerbes AG<\/strong>. It is an inter-company pension fund for the construction industry and provides collectively agreed additional retirement benefits. Together with ULAK, it operates under the SOKA-BAU umbrella brand.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"aufgabe\">\n  <h2>What is the role of the ZVK-Bau?<\/h2>\n\n  <p>The ZVK-Bau serves to provide supplementary retirement provision for employees in the construction industry. Its collectively agreed benefits include, in particular, the construction industry pension (Tarifrente Bau) and, for certain older groups of claimants, still the pension allowance (Rentenbeihilfe).<\/p>\n\n  <p>The additional pension entitlements supplement the statutory pension. Which entitlements exist in the individual case depends on the relevant collective agreement and insurance regulations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"tarifgrundlage\">\n  <h2>What is the collective bargaining basis of the ZVK-Bau?<\/h2>\n\n  <p>A central foundation of supplementary retirement provision is <strong>Collective agreement on supplementary pensions in the construction industry (TZA Bau)<\/strong>. He governs in particular the construction industry pension scheme (Tarifrente Bau) and the pension allowance.<\/p>\n\n  <p>The <a href=\"\/en\/glossary\/vtv-tariff-agreement\/\">VTV<\/a> on the other hand, primarily fulfils a procedural function within the social security fund system. Among other things, it contains regulations on contribution collection and the role of the participating social funds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"soka-bau\">\n  <h2>How does ZVK-Bau relate to SOKA-BAU?<\/h2>\n\n  <p><a href=\"\/en\/glossary\/soka-bau\/\">SOKA-BAU<\/a> is the joint umbrella brand of ZVK-Bau and the holiday and wage equalisation fund of the construction industry.<\/p>\n\n  <p>The two institutions fulfil different tasks within the collective social fund procedures of the construction industry.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"ulak\">\n  <h2>ZVK-Bau and ULAK \u2013 what is the difference?<\/h2>\n\n  <p>The <a href=\"\/en\/glossary\/ulak\/\">ULAK<\/a> is responsible, in particular, for the collective wage agreement procedure regarding holiday pay and vocational training. The ZVK-Bau, on the other hand, grants additional benefits to the statutory pension.<\/p>\n\n  <p>In the joint collection of contributions, ULAK generally acts as the collecting agency and also collects contributions for ZVK-Bau.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"snippet info\">\n    <p><strong>In short:<\/strong> The ULAK is primarily responsible for leave and vocational training - the ZVK-Bau for supplementary retirement provision.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"template":"","glossar-kategorien":[19],"class_list":["post-4394","glossar","type-glossar","status-publish","hentry","glossar-kategorien-baulohn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossar\/4394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossar"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossar-kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brasser-accounting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossar-kategorien?post=4394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}