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If you work for a German company, you will be subject not only to German taxes, but also bonuses for different health plans, unemployment and retirement See separate articles on the health benefits and retirement These can take a bite your home salary If you don t intend to work in Germany, the rest of your life, it may be possible to be exempt from paying pension insurance pension insurance or collect a portion of the money that you helped when you leave if certain conditions are met.
On the positive side, you could get a Wohngeld housing subsidy to help with your rent and a grant of Kindergeld child to help raise your children Often, a company may subsidize the cost of getting to and from work, and may to pay all or part of the cost of your lunch many companies have a canteen for employees where cheap meals and other food products are sold.
If hired, an employee must usually wait for a probationary period of three to six months, during which he or she can be dismissed with two weeks notice Once you have managed to overcome this ordeal, it becomes for the company increasingly difficult to dismiss you He must convince trade unions and the labor court or the reasons are very good, and in all cases must give notice.
If the employee is of relatively recent hire, the notice period will be four weeks The notice period may gradually extend to those who have been with the employer for longer periods, and can be seven months for a person who worked 20 years or more if an employee resigns, the law obliges to provide advance notice of four weeks, until the first or the 15th of a month.
As usual the German work week these days varies between 38 and 42 hours, some employers close early Friday afternoon shop, the law requires a minimum of 20 working days of vacation per year, but some companies give a lot more than that, sometimes up to 30 days in some companies employees can earn more and more days off a year unpaid leave is also allowed in some circumstances.
Sick leave is six weeks, during which you will still receive your full salary After this period, health insurance pays 70 of your last salary until you return to work or have to retire due your health.
German law is generous in terms of maternity and paternity leave mothers are allowed six weeks of leave with full salary before the child's birth and eight weeks at full pay after In the case of a multiple birth, 12 weeks paid leave is allowed the mother or the father is then allowed to three years of unpaid leave to stay home with the child recently, the German government launched a program that provides direct grants to new parents Elterngeld It is funded by the federal tax system is not a permanent subsidy and is limited to the first 12 or 14 months after the birth of the child the amount of Elterngeld is based on parent income after taxes dedicated to taking charge of the newborn.
Wages are generally deposited directly into your bank account around the 25th of each month.
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