SBM · Equal Pay & industry supplements

Equal Pay and industry supplements in temporary staffing – calculated automatically.

For each employee and client, SBM determines when Equal Pay starts, applies every industry supplement (Branchenzuschlag) stage automatically and shows the values per day in the timesheet (Stundenzettel) – for payroll, invoicing and a clear view of costs.

  • Equal Pay type per client
  • Up to 7 supplement stages
  • GVP pay tables included
SBM order terms with client and employee terms, including Equal Pay and industry supplements
What SBM takes care of

Deadlines and stages that update themselves.

Equal Pay deadlines and supplement scales are often kept in separate Excel spreadsheets. In SBM, they are part of the client, the order and the timesheet.

SBM client terms with supplement type, maximum assignment period and fixed percentage supplements
Client terms in SBM: supplement type, maximum assignment period and fixed supplements (demo data).
How it works in SBM

Stored once – correct every month.

The rules apply from the moment you store them for the client and in the order. From then on, SBM takes them into account.

  1. Rules for each client

    Equal Pay type, industry collective agreement and comparable pay are stored for the client – via settings, without programming.

  2. Order and employee

    In the order, SBM applies the client’s rules and calculates the start date and stages for each employee.

  3. Timesheet

    For each day, SBM shows Equal Pay and the industry supplement – separately from Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and night supplements.

  4. Payroll and invoicing

    The values go to DATEV or Addison as separate wage types (Lohnarten); the list and statistics show the costs per client.

When collectively agreed pay rises, you switch all employees to the new values from the effective date in a single step.

Before / with SBM

No deadline and no stage is missed.

TopicWith Excel listsWith SBM
Deadlines Tracked manually for each employeeStart and end determined automatically
Supplement stages A change of stage is easily overlookedApplied automatically from the effective date
Pay tables Maintained yourselfGVP pay tables included
Payroll Supplements recalculated by handPer day in the timesheet
Costs Only visible after payrollEP/BZ list and statistics
In brief

The rule in two sentences.

Under § 8 AÜG, Equal Pay applies in principle from the first day. A collective agreement for temporary agency work may deviate from this for up to nine months, and a collective agreement on industry supplements (TV BZ) for up to 15 months – whether a TV BZ applies and from when the first supplement is due is governed by the collective agreement of the respective industry.

Note: General overview, not legal advice. The AÜG and the collective agreement in force are decisive.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about Equal Pay and industry supplements

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Does SBM calculate Equal Pay automatically?

Yes. For each client, you set the Equal Pay type: after 9 months, from the first day, or with industry supplements based on the length of assignment. From this, SBM determines the start and end for each employee and client and calculates using the comparable pay stored for the client.

How does SBM calculate industry supplements?

As a percentage supplement on the collectively agreed hourly pay, which rises in stages with the length of the assignment at the client. SBM maps up to seven stages up to an assignment length of 15 months and applies each stage automatically. The GVP pay tables are included.

Are earlier assignments at the same client counted?

Under § 8 Abs. 4 AÜG, earlier assignments to the same user undertaking (Entleiher) count if there are no more than three months between the assignments in each case. SBM calculates the Equal Pay start date from the stored assignment periods.

Where can I see what Equal Pay and industry supplements cost?

In the timesheet per day, in the EP/BZ list and in the statistics per client, work site and month.

How do the values get into the payroll?

As separate wage types. SBM hands them over to DATEV or Addison together with the other monthly values. The payroll itself is produced by your payroll program.

Next step

See Equal Pay and industry supplements in SBM

In a free online presentation (approx. 45 minutes), we run the calculations with your own collective agreements and clients.

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  • By phone or video
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