Contract guides

Field notes for agency workers

Plain-English articles on German temporary agency contracts, assignment notices, working-time accounts and employment decisions.

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Equal pay questions begin with a timeline

Build an assignment timeline before drawing conclusions about comparable pay, interruptions and collective-agreement rules.

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Read the working-time account clause before the first payslip

What to identify about credited hours, negative balances, time off, assignment gaps and monthly records.

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Your contract and assignment notice do different jobs

Why the agency remains the employer while a separate document describes the client, location, duties and assignment conditions.

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