7/17/2023 0 Comments Basic payroll worktime![]() Pregnant women are not obliged to work at all in the last six weeks leading up to the expected date of birth, unless they explicitly declare their willingness to do so. If any holiday entitlement still remains at the end of the employment, employees can claim financial compensation for the days not taken. However, unused holiday can be carried forward until the 31st of March of the next calendar year if the employee was unable to take the holiday due to operational or personal reasons. In general, employees must take their annual holidays/vacation during the calendar year. Frequently, the employer also grants a special vacation bonus as a voluntary staff bonus. The previous employer must certify the vacation the employee has already taken.ĭuring the vacation period, employees are entitled to full remuneration. There is no vacation entitlement when an employee has already taken vacation while in a previous job during the same calendar year. An employer can turn down a request due to urgent operational reasons or vacation applications of other employees who, due to “social factors”, have a higher priority. In the event of termination after the first six months and within the second half of the calendar year, an employee will be entitled to the full annual vacation.Įmployees must apply for vacation time and the employer must approve the written request. If an employee is terminated before these six months have passed or within the first half of a calendar year, the employee will only be entitled to 1/12 of the annual vacation entitlement for each month of the employment relationship. The full vacation entitlement starts after an employee has been on the job for six months. Between 25 and 30 days per year is common practice. Employers regularly grant more than the minimum vacation. Since office days are generally only from Monday to Friday, the four-week minimum vacation amounts to 20 office days. The German system distinguishes between working days (Werktage) and office days (Arbeitstage). This is based on a working week of six working days (excluding Sundays). In Germany the minimum holiday/vacation entitlement is 24 working days a year. At the end of the working day, there must be an uninterrupted rest period of a minimum of 11 hours. ![]() A 45 minute break is required after six hours of work in the case of a working day of more than nine hours. This can be may be split into two breaks of 15 minutes. However, work on Sundays has to be compensated for by corresponding time off within the next two weeks (or eight weeks in the case of work on public holidays).Ī working day of more than six, but no more than nine hours, requires a scheduled 30 minute rest break. There are exceptions available for workers in the service industry. Work on Sundays and public holidays is generally prohibited. On-call work in the form of constant availability, for example stand-by work, on the other hand, does not count as working time. The workday can be extended under certain circumstances to ten hours. Night work is only allowed for eight hours per working day. On-call work that requires the employee’s presence at the workplace also counts as working time and in some cases as overtime. The working hours during normal workdays may not exceed eight hours and therefore 48 hours per week. The workweek is defined as the 6 days of Monday-Saturday. The maximum period for payment of this allowance is 78 weeks. The sickness allowance amounts to 70% of an employee’s normal pay. If the underlying cause of illness is a new one, the six-week period automatically starts again.įollowing the six-week period, employees are entitled to statutory/private insurance sickness benefits. If an employee again falls ill due to the same underlying illness, the six-week period will start again if six months have passed since the end of the last sick leave, or if one year has passed since the beginning of the first sick leave. Under certain circumstances, this six-week period can be triggered more than once a year. German law requires that employees be paid 100 percent of their salary or wages by their employer during the first six weeks of sickness. ![]() If an absence for illness extends over three consecutive days, the employee must submit a doctor’s note to the employer. The employer must, however, be informed immediately. ![]() ![]() If an employee is not able to perform their contractual duties because of a physical or mental incapacity or illness, he or she can take time off from work. ![]()
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