Minimum wage exceptions? Rainer announces review.:
The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMLEH) intends to examine the legal opinion ...
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/mindestlohn-ausnahmen-rainer-kundigt-prufung-an-20024234.html
Story Details
| Last Updated | |
| Total Articles | 1 |
Main Topics
practice of cultivating plants and raising animals to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products; one of humanity's oldest and most widespread activities, forming the foundation of most human civil
Similar to This
Previous
California county postpones vote on nation's highest minimum wage: Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors voted to delay adding the minimum wage proposal to the ...
nrn.com/restaurant-labor/california-county-postpones-vote-on-30-minimum-wage-which-would-be-the-highest-in-the-u-s-
Seasonal workers: Labor Minister Bas remains firm on the minimum wage: In the debate about exceptions to the minimum wage, the Labor Ministry ...
lebensmittelzeitung.net/politik/nachrichten/saisonarbeitskraefte-arbeitsministerin-bas-bleibt-beim-mindestlohn-hart-190668
Paid articlePaywallExceptions to the minimum wage: What is your opinion?: A legal opinion considers special rules regarding the minimum wage for seasonal workers to be permissible ...
topagrar.com/betriebsleitung/news/ausnahmen-vom-mindestlohn-was-ist-ihre-meinung-dazu-20024181.html
Paid articlePaywallKey FactsLegal Opinion Deems Minimum-Wage Exception for Seasonal Workers Lawful
Mar 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: topagrar.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: topagrar.com
- The opinion was commissioned partly by Deutscher Bauernverband and written by Prof. Dr. Christian Picker, a labour-law scholar from Tübingen.
- According to its assessment, an exception to minimum-wage rules for agricultural seasonal workers is legally permissible.
- Joachim Rukwied therefore calls for a 20-percent reduction for agricultural seasonal workers in future.
- An ongoing poll measures support, opposition, or uncertainty regarding such an exception.
Expert opinion on the minimum wage: Special rules for seasonal workers are permissible
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/mindestlohn-kommt-nun-doch-eine-sonderregelung-fur-saisonkrafte-20024142.html
Legal opinion on the minimum wage: Deductions possible for farmers with seasonal workers
landundforst.de/politik/gutachten-mindestlohn-abschlaege-fuer-landwirte-saisonkraeften-moeglich-575213
CDU wants further exceptions to the minimum wage - | Ministry of Agriculture says no
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/cdu-will-weiter-ausnahmen-vom-mindestlohn-agrarministerium-sagt-nein-20023986.html
Minimum wage relaxations? Farmers angry about Germany's competitive disadvantage
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/mindestlohn-lockerungen-landwirte-sauer-uber-deutschen-wettbewerbsnachteil-20023667.html
Minimum wage exceptions: This is why the pressure on the SPD is now growing: Fruit, vegetable, and wine producers speak of a doomsday mood: High minimum wages ...
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/mindestlohn-ausnahmen-deshalb-wachst-jetzt-der-druck-auf-die-spd-20023544.html
Agriculture - | Federal CDU opposes minimum wage for harvest workers: The Federal CDU is calling for exceptions to the minimum wage for seasonal workers in ...
lebensmittelpraxis.de/industrie-aktuell/47759-landwirtschaft-cdu-will-mindestlohn-fuer-erntehelfer-aussetzen.html
Trouble is brewing: CDU now wants to relax the minimum wage for seasonal work after all
topagrar.com/betriebsleitung/news/saisonarbeit-in-der-landwirtschaft-warum-die-cdu-den-mindestlohn-lockern-will-a-20023507.html
The CDU wants to weaken the minimum wage – important workers will soon be earning less money
az-online.de/wirtschaft/gelten-cdu-parteitag-der-mindestlohn-soll-nicht-mehr-fuer-alle-zr-94180686.html
Key FactsExemptions for Harvest Workers
Feb 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- The CDU called at the federal party conference in Stuttgart for minimum-wage exemptions for seasonal agricultural workers.
- CSU Federal Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer had commissioned a legal review that last year concluded such exemptions are legally impossible, citing the constitutional equal-treatment principle.
- Delegates nevertheless approved a motion from the Südbaden district arguing the statutory minimum undermines domestic farms' competitiveness and risks supply security, noting seasonal workers assist only during harvest peaks.
- The statutory minimum wage is €13.90 per hour now and will increase to €14.60 by 2027, and Baden-Württemberg Agriculture Minister Peter Hauk described the issue as political.
Farmers on the minimum wage: Fair or too expensive?: The minimum wage is moving the industry. For some, a step towards more justice; for others ...
topagrar.com/betriebsleitung/news/landwirte-zum-mindestlohn-fair-oder-zu-teuer-20016632.html
Seasonal work in agriculture: no minimum wage exceptions for harvest workers: The agricultural lobby had demanded special rules for the payment of seasonal ...
spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/mindestlohn-ministerium-lehnt-ausnahmen-fuer-saisonarbeiter-als-verfassungswidrig-ab-a-d2f454d5-fe05-4945-be86-d7f456aa7ca5
Agriculture: There are no exceptions to the minimum wage for seasonal workers: Food Minister Alois Rainer had an investigation into whether exceptions to the ...
lebensmittelzeitung.net/politik/nachrichten/landwirtschaft-beim-mindestlohn-gibt-es-keine-ausnahmen-fuer-saisonkraefte-185427
Paid articlePaywall Agriculture - | Ministry rejects minimum wage exceptions for harvest workers: The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has classified exceptions to the minimum wage ...
lebensmittelpraxis.de/industrie-aktuell/45138-landwirtschaft-ministerium-lehnt-mindestlohn-ausnahmen-fuer-erntehelfer-ab.html
But no exceptions to the minimum wage for agriculture | and horticulture: This is likely to hit German producers of specialty crops hard: There will be no ...
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/eil-keine-ausnahmen-beim-mindestlohn-fur-land-und-gartenbau-20016270.html
Key FactsReview Rejects Minimum-Wage Exemption for Seasonal Workers
Jul 15, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: topagrar.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: topagrar.com
- The review commissioned by Alois Rainer cites the constitutional prohibition of discrimination as the reason for rejecting exemptions.
- The minimum wage is currently €12.82; €13.90 is recommended for 2026 and €14.60 for the following year.
- DBV President Joachim Rukwied proposed 80% for foreign seasonal workers, while the SPD firmly opposes special arrangements.
- The GLFA fears a gradual decline in labor-intensive crops, potentially endangering thousands of farms and domestic supply.
Whoever believes these crops can continue to be produced competitively under German cost conditions is ignoring reality — or is willingly allowing production to move abroad.— Hans-Benno Wichert, President of the GLFA (General Association of German Agricultural and Forestry Employers), commenting on the consequences of removing exemptions from the minimum wage for agriculture.
Minimum wage destroys business: In 1963, the first strawberries were available for purchase on the Ziegenhain family farm in the Rebgeshain district of ...
giessener-allgemeine.de/vogelsbergkreis/mindestlohn-macht-geschaeft-kaputt-93830795.html
Farmers' Day 2025: How Berlin Became the "Capital of Agriculture": The motto of the 2025 Farmers' Day was "Dare to Change Politics." Mayor Wegner ...
topagrar.com/management-und-politik/news/bauerntag-2025-wie-berlin-zur-hauptstadt-der-landwirtschaft-wurde-b-20015678.html
Animal Welfare: Minister Rainer opposes price increases for meat: Consumers should, if possible, not feel the impact of the restructuring of animal husbandry ...
lebensmittelzeitung.net/politik/nachrichten/tierwohl-minister-rainer-gegen-preisaufschlaege-fuer-fleisch-185048
Paid articlePaywall Seasonal workers - | Discussion about exceptions to the minimum wage continues: The Central Horticultural Association (ZVG) supports the examination of possible ...
lebensmittelpraxis.de/industrie-aktuell/44848-saisonarbeiter-diskussion-ueber-ausnahmen-beim-mindestlohn-laeuft-weiter.html
Next