GERMANY - The Chemie Pensionsfonds, the chemical industry fund set up by Germany's chemical workers union, IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE) together with the industry's employers' association and HypoVereinsbank (HVB), says it expects a significant increase in membership numbers when figures crystallise at the conclusion of industry-wide wage and pension contribution negotiations in December.
The fund recently conducted a roadshow in eight cities, meeting with employee and employer representatives. Hans Melchiors of HVB Pensions Consult said he expected new companies to be signing up to...
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