Notice period for marginal employment

Useful information for marginal employment

• Minor employment is also called Mini job or a 400-euro job.
• In German social security law, this activity is stipulated as either of a short duration or a low absolute level of remuneration.
• This means that wages currently may not exceed 400 euros per month. It is not decisive how often and how long an employee works per week (distribution of work).
• A mini job is free of social security for the employee. This means that he does not have to pay any amounts for pension, health, unemployment and long-term care insurance. Nevertheless, mini-jobs, as well as regular jobs, have to go through the mini-job center of social insurance be reported.
• Mini-jobbers are insured against accidents as soon as their employer reports them to the accident insurance.
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• Employees who still want to pay a pension for marginal employment have low entitlements and are credited to the waiting period until retirement.
• From January 1, 2013, the maximum amount of the employment remuneration will be increased to 450 euros.

Such are the notice periods for both parties

• The official notice period for marginal employment is 4 weeks to the 15th or at the end of the month. Of course, both sides (employee and employer) can terminate the contract.
• The right of an extraordinary termination for important reasons remains of course also unaffected.
• The statutory notice period can be changed by individual agreements in employment contract be changed.
• Mini-jobbers are also entitled to special payments resulting from the employment contract. That can be Christmas or vacation pay. It should also be noted that the total payment does not exceed the EUR 400 limit.