Minijob 2022: What employees have to consider
Created: 05/09/2022 15:21
By: Andrea Stettner
The year 2022 has further changes in store for mini-jobbers.
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On January 1, 2022, important changes came into effect for mini jobs.
This also applies to many employees.
An overview of the most important changes.
Anyone earning some extra money
with a
mini -job in
2022
was already confronted with a number of changes at the beginning of the year.
Both 450-euro jobs and short-term employment of up to three months are affected.
For many mini-jobbers, wages or salaries* have increased.
But some points have also changed with health insurance or tax ID, which employers in particular should not miss.
1. Statutory minimum wage has been increased
The good news first: The statutory minimum wage was increased on January 1, 2022.
It rose for all employees in Germany from 9.60 euros to
9.82 euros per hour
.
On July 1st there is another planned increase to 10.45 euros per hour.
Mini-jobbers may then have to adjust their number of hours in order not to exceed the earnings limit of 450 euros per month.
The minimum wage is soon to rise even more significantly: the draft coalition agreement of the traffic light government provides for an increase to 12 euros per hour from October.
You can read detailed information on this topic here: Minimum wage from 2022: This will change for many employees.
2. Increase in earnings limit from October 1st
As part of the increase in the minimum wage to 12 euros, the upper earnings limit for mini-jobs is also to rise from October.
An increase from currently 450 euros
to 520 euros per month
is planned .
Read more about the increase in the mini-job limit for 2022 here.
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3. Corona bonus for mini-jobbers tax-free until March 2022
Until March 31, 2022, mini-jobbers could receive a tax-free Corona bonus from their employer.
After this date, taxes and duties on the special payment were or will be due.
4. Health Insurance Information
Since January 1, 2022, employers must state the
health insurance of short-term employees
when registering for social security.
"Evidence can be, for example, a certificate from the statutory health insurance company or the employee's private health insurance company, but also a copy of the insurance card," informs the Minijob-Zentrale in a blog post.
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5. Feedback on short-term employment
Since January 1, 2022, after registering a short-term mini-jobber, employers have received feedback from the Mini-Job Center as to whether the employee has already taken up short-term employment in the same calendar year.
These previous employment periods are important for
employers
, as short-term employment may last a maximum of 3 months or 70 working days per year.
"However, this notification only contains the information as to whether previous employment times exist, but not to what extent," says the mini-job center in its blog.
The latter must be requested from employees.
Also read:
Mini job: What is the hourly wage for a 450-euro job?
6. Reporting the tax ID of commercial mini-jobbers
Another important new feature for mini-jobs: from 2022, employers must also provide the
tax identification number in addition to the tax number
(also called tax ID or IdNr)
from commercial mini-jobbers
electronically to the mini-job center.
This eleven-digit number is only assigned once in a lifetime and remains valid forever.
It can be found on the last tax assessment, among other things.
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