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When you employ workers in your business or organisation, you must observe a number of provisions under labour, social security, contributory and fiscal legislation. To help you establish perfectly legal employment relationships, we inform you of the most relevant provisions on the following few pages.

Statutory minimum wage

A national minimum wage has been implemented in Germany as of 1 January 2015. This statutory wage is binding not only to German employers but also to those established abroad if they employ workers in Germany. This includes, in particular, posting situations.

Information about the launch of the electronic minimum wage registration website on 1 January 2017

Obligatory notification when workers are posted

Revision of the Ordinance on Minimum Wage Documentation Obligations

The Ordinance on Minimum Wage Documentation Obligations (Mindestlohndokumentationspflichtenverordnung - MiLoDokV) had been revised; the recast ordinance came into force on 1 August 2015.

Details of the recast ordinance

Questions concerning the minimum wage

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has established a Minimum Wage Helpline for any enquiries citizens, employees and employers may have about the minimum wage and its implications.
The answers to frequently asked questions about anything to do with the minimum wage can be found on the German language website of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

Questions and answers concerning the minimum wage (in German)PDF | 613 KB | Not a barrier-free file

Minimum pay pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act

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