T-ZUG in the Metal and Electrical Industry T-ZUG and T-Geld are now available

Up to 46 percent is now added to the monthly pay: Employees at companies in the metal and electrical industries covered by collective bargaining agreements will receive, with their July paycheck, their Collective Bargaining Supplement (T-ZUG A ) amounting to27.5 percent of their individual monthly pay, as well as their Transformation Allowance (T-Geld, Trafobaustein ) amounting to 18.4 percent of their monthly pay. 

The T-ZUG (A) can also be converted into up to 8 additional days off per year. IG Metall members who care for children, provide care for relatives, or work shifts are legally entitled to this. You can submit the request to convert the T-ZUG (A) into days off for the following year to your employer by October 31, though different deadlines may have been agreed upon at your workplace. Ask your IG Metall works council or your local IG Metall office.

Four special payments per year under the collective bargaining agreement 

In collective bargaining rounds in recent years, IG Metall has secured, in addition to the vacation bonus (in May or June, an additional 50 percent per vacation day) and the Christmas bonus (usually at the end of November, up to 55 percent depending on length of service), secured additional annual special payments under the collective agreement: the Collective Agreement Supplement (T-ZUG A and B) and the Transformation Allowance (T-Geld, Trafo module). 

• T-ZUG A: 27.5 percent of the individual’s average monthly salary  
  
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• T-ZUG B or supplementary amount: 26.5 percent of the base pay for the respective pay scale area 

The first installment of the Collective Bargaining Supplement—the supplementary amount or T-ZUG B—was already paid in February 2026, amounting to 26.5 percent of the base wage for skilled workers, amounting to approximately 900 euros gross depending on the collective bargaining region—about 300 euros more than before. The increase stems from the last metal industry collective bargaining round at the end of 2024, during which IG Metall used warning strikes to secure, among other things, an increase in T-ZUG B from 18.5 to 26.5 percent effective February 2026. 

T-ZUG B Secured as a “Social Component”

The advantage of special payments such as the T-ZUG B and the transformation allowance (T-Geld) is that they can be applied differentially and converted into time off to secure jobs during company crises without reducing the monthly salary. 

When the T-ZUG was introduced in 2018, IG Metall and employers agreed that the T-ZUG B could be “adjusted”—that is, deferred or suspended entirely—in the event of a poor economic situation at the company. However, the T-ZUG B supplement is also an important social component: Because it is paid as a percentage of the base pay rather than the individual monthly pay, all pay grades receive the same flat-rate amount: previously 18.5 percent of the base pay—and starting in February 2026, 26.5 percent of the base pay. Depending on the collective bargaining region, this amounts to between 845 and 952 euros gross. As a result, employees in the lower pay grades receive a higher percentage of their individual income than employees in the higher pay grades. 

To preserve this social component, IG Metall, in the 2024 metal industry collective bargaining agreement that the T-ZUG B will no longer be “differentiated” in the future. Instead, the transformation allowance (T-Geld, Trafobaustein)—previously paid out in February and amounting to 18.4 percent of individual monthly pay (which is therefore not a social component)—will now assume this differentiating function. The differentiation of the T-Geld may be applied if the company’s net return is below 2.3 percent. 

However, since companies cannot yet sufficiently predict how the economic situation will develop over the course of the year when the T-Geld is paid out in February, IG Metall and employers have postponed the payment of the T-Geld to July—in exchange for the T-ZUG B, which was previously paid out in July and is now paid in February.