If you are short of cash as a student, you can help yourself with part-time jobs. Mini jobs are also often in demand now. What you should pay attention to.
- Side jobs for students and mini jobs are currently in demand.
- However, the legislation provides a certain framework for this.
- Answers to the most important questions - and when taxes are due.
In which areas are there part-time jobs for students?
Office workers , babysitters and call center employees - there is a wide range of options for students looking for a job *. Hourly wages may be higher in product promotion or as a tutor.
Jobs as service personnel , bartenders or barista are classic. The work is worth it if there is a good tip . Those who like to tackle things will find a job , for example, in the stand construction or in the event area - however, due to the corona crisis, there is currently a standstill in these sectors.
According to Achim Meyer auf der Heide from the Deutsches Studentenwerk, around a third of all job students are employed as student assistants. This provides an opportunity to get an insight into research and teaching.
Will it be more difficult to get side jobs in the Corona crisis?
During the Corona crisis * , many jobs were lost in the area of mini-jobs *. This also affects the student age group, explains Wolfgang Buschfort from the mini-job center of the German Pension Insurance. In the private household sector, the decline is less noticeable than recently in the hospitality industry : cleaning , washing , shopping or gardening seem to be crisis-proof jobs.
Achim Meyer auf der Heide explains that there is also a need for reinforcement in the sectors * that are declared as systemically important, for example in the health sector or in agriculture.
Where do students find jobs?
In addition to the usual job portals, there are placement platforms tailored specifically to students such as Zenjob, Studentjob or Studitemps. In addition to the online job exchanges, Achim Meyer on Heide recommends paying attention to bulletin boards and social media ads. Fellow students, friends, acquaintances or parents can also be used as a network. Last but not least, your own university is an employer. You can also get help from the social counseling services of the Studentenwerk or from the employment office.
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Which forms of work are suitable for students?
Student jobs are usually offered as working student positions or as mini jobs . Working students count as normal employees, but can be employed without social security, explains Nathalie Oberthür, specialist lawyer for labor law. However, you should not work more than 20 hours during the semester and you are obliged to continue your studies.
Those who work more, in the social billed not as a student but as an employee. The semester vacation job is an exception : it allows full-time work for up to 70 days a year.
Looking for a mini job? You should know about the earning potential
The mini job is an activity whose wages must not exceed the 450 euro limit. No taxes have to be paid below this de minimis limit . What goes beyond this can still be considered a so-called midi job up to a monthly income of 1300 euros. Then reduced social security contributions have to be paid, which are shared between employees and employers.
A promotional license may be required for promotional jobs, which must be applied for at the tax office. For artists or journalists, registration as a freelancer is also an option.
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Does a student job affect the Bafög?
As long as you do not earn more than 450 euros a month (or 5400 euros a year) with one or more student jobs, the Bafög rate * remains unaffected. If you exceed this allowance, the difference between earnings and allowance, calculated over 12 months, will be deducted from the Bafög.
What do students need to know about taxes?
As a rule, taxes * are no problem for students, explains Berlin lawyer Peter Deutschmann from the German Lawyers' Association. As long as students are only marginally employed, they generally do not exceed the annual tax exemption of EUR 9,408.
However, there can always be special cases. An example: bogus self-employment in promotion jobs . Here the tax office could question whether you are really self-employed or still a full-time student.
In the worst case, health insurance contributions would then have to be paid. This can be avoided by getting advice, for example from student counseling, social insurance, the tax office, income tax relief associations or tax advisors.
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