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Exceptions to the minimum wage: What is your opinion?: A legal opinion considers special rules regarding the minimum wage for seasonal workers to be permissible ...
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsLegal Opinion Deems Minimum-Wage Exception for Seasonal Workers Lawful
Mar 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- 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.
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Expert opinion on the minimum wage: Special rules for seasonal workers are permissible
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CDU wants further exceptions to the minimum wage - | Ministry of Agriculture says no
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Minimum wage relaxations? Farmers angry about Germany's competitive disadvantage
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Trouble is brewing: CDU now wants to relax the minimum wage for seasonal work after all
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Motion: CDU wants minimum wage exemptions for seasonal workers: According to the CDU, seasonal workers in agriculture should be exempt from the minimum wage in ...
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Higher minimum wage is coming, German fruit and vegetables are going: No exception for agriculture: The minimum wage increase will worsen self-sufficiency ...
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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 ...
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Seasonal work in agriculture: no minimum wage exceptions for harvest workers: The agricultural lobby had demanded special rules for the payment of seasonal ...
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State Parliament rejects reduced minimum wage for seasonal workers: The result was foreseeable given the majority situation in the Schwerin Parliament ...
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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 ...
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Key FactsReview Rejects Minimum-Wage Exemption for Seasonal Workers
Jul 15, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- 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.
€14.60 minimum wage: Can Germany still compete as a high-wage country?: Producer associations had already warned against further increases. Now the Federal ...
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Minimum wage to rise to €14.60 by 2027: The Minimum Wage Commission has spoken. It recommends a minimum wage of €13.90 for 2026, and €14.60 from January 2027 ...
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Labor Minister Against Minimum Wage Exceptions for Seasonal Workers: Should seasonal workers be exempt from the minimum wage? Agriculture Minister Rainer had ...
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Farmers' Day 2025: How Berlin Became the "Capital of Agriculture": The motto of the 2025 Farmers' Day was "Dare to Change Politics." Mayor Wegner ...
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Seasonal workers - | Discussion about exceptions to the minimum wage continues: The Central Horticultural Association (ZVG) supports the examination of possible ...
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Esken defends SPD plans for €15 minimum wage: If the SPD were to be part of the next federal government again, it would quickly raise the minimum wage to ...
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SPD wants 15 Euro minimum wage - | CDU sees agriculture in trouble: The SPD probably thinks that a minimum wage is a good way to campaign. They want a good 2 ...
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Minimum wage: SPD minister Heil pushes for 15 euros: 15 euro minimum wage? Lower Saxony's fruit and vegetable growers would no longer be competitive with ...
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