Christmas bonus and public service
Public service and Christmas bonus - is that possible? Yes, as an employee of the TVöD you have no later than 1. December of the current year is entitled to this special payment. Different regulations apply to civil servants who are also employees in the public sector.
Public service - information on Christmas bonuses for employees in TVöD
- If you are an employee or worker in the public service, the TVöD (collective agreement public service) and you have the annual special allowance - also called Christmas bonus - to.
- You will receive this special payment no later than 1. December, if you meet certain requirements: As an employee, you must first be in an employment relationship and may not be on leave for the entire month of December. In addition, since the 1st October or be employed in the public sector for six months of the current calendar year.
- If these conditions apply to you, you are entitled to the Christmas bonus. Until 1993 this special payment was a fixed amount. Since then, however, the ratio of the salary between December 1993 and the salary used as the basis for calculation in December of the current year.
- This is a rather complicated calculation that is handled by computer programs. As a Christmas bonus, you will receive the percentage of your average monthly salary determined by this.
- Example: The computer program has determined the percentage 82 for you and your average monthly salary is 2,600 euros. December of the current year a special payment of 2,132 euros.
Annual special payment according to the TVöD - worth knowing
The 1st December of the year is a special one for employees in the public sector ...
As a civil servant, you can also receive a Christmas bonus
- Civil servants are also employees in the public service and are just as entitled to Christmas bonuses as employees from the TVöD.
- Until 2003/2004 this special payment was a single amount. Through the so-called "opening clauses", which were decided in the Salary and Pension Adjustment Act, The federal and state governments can now determine for themselves whether and in what amount Christmas bonuses are paid will.
- However, this special payment may not exceed the amount of your salary for one month. Exceptions to this would be if you are in grade A2 to A8. Then the Christmas bonus can be increased by a certain amount.
- These regulations are quite different from state to state. An overview of Special payments in the public service gives you the Deutsche Beamtenwirtschaftsring.
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