German orchestras increase wages
The German Stage Association on the employers' side and the artists' unions have agreed on the transfer of public sector wage agreements to detailed wage adjustments for employees at theaters and orchestras.
At municipal theaters, wages ─ based on the collective wage agreement for the public sector (TVöD) ─ will increase by 3.09% retroactively from April 1, 2019 and by a further 1.06% from March 1, 2020. For artistic employees at state theaters, remuneration will be increased retroactively from January 1, 2019 by 3.17 percent, but at least by 100 euros, with reference to the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L), and from January 1, 2020 by a further 3.17 percent, but at least by 90 euros.
The pay increases at state theaters depend on which of the above-mentioned pay scales the respective state theater is assigned to. As Hesse is no longer a member of the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder (TdL), the collective bargaining parties agreed to apply the TV-L regulations for the Hessian State Theatres, Theater Giessen and Theater Marburg. From February 1, 2020, these theaters will then also be subject to the further increase step of the TV-L pay scale.
