Vocabulary
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Tarifvertrag
/taˈʁiːffɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːk/· noun· Pl. die Tarifverträge
collective (wage) agreement
Der Tarifvertrag is agreed between unions and employers for a whole sector: pay grades, hours, holidays. Public hospitals, for example, pay by a Tarifvertrag; job ads then say „Vergütung nach TVöD“.
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- Singular
- der Tarifvertrag
- Plural
- die Tarifverträge
- Genitiv
- des Tarifvertrags
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Tarifvertrag
collective agreement (pay and conditions)
Das Gehalt richtet sich nach dem Tarifvertrag.
The salary is set by the collective agreement.
Word family
Tarifvertragder Tarifpay scale; tariff, ratetariflichunder the collective agreementdie Tarifverhandlungen (Pl.)pay talks, collective bargainingder Vertragcontract
Common combinations
- nach Tarifvertrag bezahlt werdento be paid under a collective agreement
- einen Tarifvertrag abschließento conclude a collective agreement
- laut Tarifvertragaccording to the collective agreement
Real examples
- Laut Tarifvertrag habe ich dreißig Tage Urlaub im Jahr.Under the collective agreement I have thirty days' holiday a year.
- Gibt es bei Ihnen einen Tarifvertrag, oder wird das Gehalt frei verhandelt?Do you have a collective agreement, or is the salary negotiated freely?
- Der neue Tarifvertrag bringt den Pflegekräften mehr Geld.The new collective agreement brings the nurses more money.
