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Holiday job

Service description
A holiday job allows you, as a school pupil aged 15 or over, to gain your first insights into the world of work and make contacts with potential employers.

Holiday work in the non-commercial sector – for example, in the home, for churches or clubs, and on farms – is permitted from the age of 13.

Special legal provisions are in place to protect children and young people from being overburdened or overworked and from the associated risks in the workplace.
- In terms of working hours, a holiday job is limited to a maximum of 50 working days per year or 2 consecutive months, based on a 5-day week.
- The Youth Employment Protection Act applies to young people of compulsory full-time school age, in conjunction with the Child Labour Protection Regulations.
- Anyone aged 18 or over is not subject to any specific restrictions regarding the type of work or working hours. The Working Hours Act applies.
Procedure
You arrange a holiday job directly with your employer.
Who should I contact?
Please contact your employer directly.

For advice on legal issues relating to holiday jobs, please contact the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs’ citizens’ helpline on employment law

Opening hours:
Mon 08:00 – 20:00
Tue 08:00 – 20:00
Wed 08:00 – 20:00
Thu 08:00 – 20:00

Contact details:
Tel.: +49 30 221911-004 (Citizens’ Helpline)
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Website: https://www.bmas.de/DE/Service/Kontakt/inhalt.html

Accessibility:
Sign language telephone via IP: gebaerdentelefon@sip.bmas.buergerservice-bund.de

Sign language telephone via ISDN videophone:
+49 30 188080-805

Textphone for deaf and hard-of-hearing people: +49 30 221911-016 (video)
Fax: +49 30 221911-017
Email: info.gehoerlos@bmas.bund.de
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 13 years

aged 13 and over, but under 15 (children):
- Parental consent to employment
- Employment solely in the non-commercial sector
- only light work, such as delivering newspapers, babysitting or tutoring
- Working hours:
  - between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm
  - a maximum of 2 hours a day
aged at least 15 but not yet 18 (young people):
- No piecework, night work or weekend work (exceptions apply, for example, in the catering industry, in bakeries and in supermarket shops)
- Working hours:
  - between 06.00 and 20.00 (exceptions apply in certain sectors)
  - a maximum of 8 hours per day and 5 days per week (a maximum of 40 hours per week; exceptions apply in the agricultural sector)
- As a young person subject to compulsory full-time schooling, just like children, you are allowed to work for a maximum of 4 weeks in a calendar year during the school holidays
18 years and over
- no specific restrictions
Legal basis
What else should I know?
- Parents lose their entitlement to child benefit if their child earns more than 8,354.00 euros a year (as at 2014).
- Exemptions regarding working hours, duration of work and the nature of the work to be carried out may be granted. Please contact your regional labour inspectorate.
- The holiday job is exempt from social security contributions if:
  - it does not last longer than two months, or
  - is limited to a total of 50 working days in a calendar year.

Responsible departments

Salzlandkreis - 23 Education and Training Assistance Office