Health insurance
This film explains in Dutch how you are insured if you live in the Netherlands and work in Germany. Legal and private health insurance If you work in Germany, you are insured against health costs in Germany. Germany has different types of health insurance: Legal health insurance (compulsory or voluntary) and private health insurance. As […]
Work
When you start working in Germany, several things may change for you. For example, you will be confronted with different tax legislation, German social security and a different work culture. You will also be subject to different labour laws. In addition to your salary, you are increasingly not entitled to a holiday bonus or Christmas […]
Child and family
If you work in Germany, you are entitled to various leave arrangements and payments. However, this depends not only on your circumstances, but also on the circumstances of the other parent. You must be well informed about your rights. Maternity leave In Germany, maternity leave starts six weeks before the expected delivery date and ends […]
Holidays and holiday pay
Holiday days In Germany, you are legally entitled to 24 days of holiday. This is based on a 6-day working week, which implies that you are entitled to 4 weeks of holiday in a whole year. If you work 5 days a week, you are entitled to 20 days of leave. Holidays do not count […]
Dismissal due to illness
Can my German employer dismiss me because of illness? If you are sick, you cannot be dismissed. This is a common misconception. If someone is absent very often or for a very long time because of illness, the employer can dismiss him under certain circumstances. An occasional flu or infection is not enough. Dismissal due […]
Unemployment
If you work in Germany as an employee from Belgium, you pay unemployment insurance in Germany. However, you do not always receive a benefit from Germany. The country from which you receive unemployment benefit depends on whether you are full-time or part-time unemployed. When am I fully unemployed? You are fully unemployed when you are […]
Child supplement and other family benefits
The film below explains in Dutch what the rules are if you live in the Netherlands, work in Germany and have a child. Child supplement If you have children and work in Germany, you are entitled to German child supplement from the Family Benefits Office. If your partner works in the Netherlands, he or she […]
Sickness allowance
The film below explains in Dutch what the rules are if you live in the Netherlands and work in Germany and become ill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eexDDTxCRRs Continued payment of wages in case of illness and sickness allowance If you work in Germany and become ill, you are initially entitled to a maximum of 6 weeks’ continued payment […]
Wage / Salary
It is difficult to compare Dutch and German salaries. There are differences in taxes withheld and social security contributions also differ. The actual net income also depends, for example, on the deduction of mortgage interest, child supplement, health insurance allowance, etc. The wage is determined by collective agreements or the individual employment contract. From 1 […]
Holidays and holiday pay
Holiday days In Germany, you have a legal right to holiday time. In principle, this is calculated as four working weeks over the whole year This means: For a 6-day working week it is 24 days, for a 5-day working week it is 20 days, etc. Holidays do not count towards Sundays and public holidays. […]