Germany
Payroll, tax, and labor-law updates for Germany.
Remote Work in Germany: The Protections, the Allowances, and the Truth About the Right to Disconnect
In Germany, "working from home" is not one legal status but three, and which one a worker is on decides both the protections they receive and the obligations the employer takes on, from who pays for the desk to whether…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
The Real Cost of a German Hire: Employer Contributions and the True Cost of Employment
Countries divide the cost of a worker between the employer and the employee in different ways, and Germany's rules split it more evenly than most. The gross salary you agree with a worker is not the full cost of…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
The German Minijob: Why It Exists and How Payroll Handles It
The Minijob is one of the most distinctly German things in payroll. It is a job deliberately kept small enough that, for the worker, gross pay and take-home pay are almost the same number. No income tax, no social-security deductions from the employee’s side...
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
