The timekeeping is mandatory

The legal minimum wage is also the recording of the work in some employees for duty.

Since the beginning of the year, there are in Germany the minimum wage . He puts a legal limit for wages fixed, which must not be undershot. This is to prevent that more and more people in the low-wage sector are reliant despite full employment with benefits.

For companies with so-called mini-jobbers, so marginal employment, the minimum wage is a little more complicated. Because of this staff group the introduction of the minimum wage has an impact on the maximum working hours.

In order not to unintentionally slide into the compulsory social insurance, are allowed to work in January 2015, a month regularly maximum still 52.9 hours mini-jobbers loudly IT service provider DATEV. Already working 53 hours per month would be mathematically already too much, because a monthly salary of 450.50 euro would give rise. However, the said maximum number of hours is valid only as long as the employee no special allowances are paid. He also receives a Christmas bonus, holiday pay, bonuses or other salary extras, they must be added to the salary.

Also affected workers are in the so-called sliding zone, which may earn a maximum of 850 euros per month or 10,200 euros annually. For the mathematically regular working time is from 2015 at 100 hours per month.


Timesheet

In force: At the same time also occurs in certain economic sectors a stronger obligation to provide evidence of working hours in mini-jobbers, short-term employees and workers (e.g. Construction, building cleaning and forwarding according to 2a of the Combat Clandestine Employment Act). Beginning, end and duration of working time must be documented, then daily for these employees. This documentation must be kept for at least two years.

Employ company employees who fall into one of these categories, they therefore have to check whether a corresponding timesheet already done and insert or modify the documentation, where appropriate. Includes companies one of said sectors in which recordkeeping requirement applies to all workers, including for those with a fixed monthly price and fixed working hours agreed.