Not only at KTM

Why workers have to wait longer for their wages

Why are blue-collar workers paid later than white-collar workers? We asked tax consultant Markus Raml.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Markus Wenzel (2))

After weeks of stalling, KTM transferred the salaries for its employees on Friday, December 28. The workers at the insolvent motorcycle manufacturer still have to wait until mid-January for their December wages. Is there a double standard here? We asked a tax consultant why everything was not paid out on the same day.

When it became known on Friday afternoon that KTM had only transferred the December salaries for the employees on the same day, but the workers would not receive their December wages until mid-January, leaving them without a cash inflow for another two and a half weeks, this caused a stir - including on krone.at.