soka-bau.de

SOKA-BAU is the brand under which the Urlaubs- und Lohnausgleichskasse der Bauwirtschaft (ULAK) and the Zusatzversorgungskasse des Baugewerbes AG (ZVK) operate. Services cover holiday compensation, supplementary pension provision, financial support for vocational training, securing working time, and a job exchange. It also handles posting of workers from abroad and registration of service providers.

The customers are construction workers, construction employers, apprentices, retirees and service providers in the German construction sector. Both institutions are non-profit organisations financed through contributions set under collective agreements in the construction industry.

The ULAK and ZVK were founded by the collective bargaining parties of the construction industry, and SOKA-BAU has provided services tailored to the sector since 1949. The website states that more than one million employees, 80,000 employers, around 35,000 apprentices and more than 300,000 retired construction professionals benefit from its services.

Product: Holiday and wage-compensation fund (ULAK) and supplementary pension fund (ZVK) for the construction industry, operating under the SOKA-BAU brand.