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The employee chooses their own health insurance fund (Krankenkasse), and that fund becomes the employer's counterpart for all social contributions. Affiliation to the relevant Berufsgenossenschaft, the sector accident insurance institution, is added on top.

In Germany, two registrations nevertheless come before the first filing. A company must obtain an establishment number (Betriebsnummer) from the federal employment agency before reporting a first employee, then a tax number from the competent Finanzamt (tax office) for wage tax withholding.

Written evidence of the essential terms of the employment relationship is required as a minimum by law, and a written contract is standard practice. Look closely at the probation period, the notice period and any non-compete clause, which is valid only where financial compensation is stipulated.

Wage tax withholding (Lohnsteuer) is compulsory and draws on the employee's electronic tax data; returns are periodic and their frequency depends on reported volume. Social contributions require a declaration to each fund and payment in advance during the month itself, a mechanism that regularly unsettles foreign treasury teams.

The Kündigungsschutzgesetz (Protection Against Dismissal Act) governs the end of the contract once a given headcount and length of service are reached, and the works council, where one exists, must be consulted before any dismissal takes effect.