Press Release No. 09/2016 IG Metall: The CSU and employers are engaging in double-dealing regarding the law on temporary agency work and service contracts...

Frankfurt am Main – IG Metall has sharply criticized the CDU/CSU’s obstructionist stance on the proposed legislation regarding temporary agency work and service contracts. “The CDU and CSU are breaking their promise from the coalition agreement. The fact that the CDU has now decided, at the urging of the CSU, not to bring the legislation on temporary agency work and service contracts before the cabinet is a gross foul. Behind this are obviously Bavarian employers’ associations that have intervened with the CSU. With their double-dealing—first agreeing, then blocking—the employers are proving to be unreliable partners. It is clear that some of them believe the time has come to initiate a change in policy direction,” said Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall, on Wednesday in Frankfurt.

This obstructionist stance leaves the door wide open to further abuse of temporary agency work and service contracts and clearly harms people. IG Metall expects the bill to be introduced into the parliamentary process immediately in the compromise form that has been presented. “The bill represents a minimal consensus and is the result of a long struggle between the DGB and the BDA. We will not accept this consensus being undermined through the back door,” said Hofmann.