Working papers
In Germany, working papers are understood to mean the entirety of certificates and documents that the employee must present to his employer when entering into an employment or employment relationship and, if necessary, in the event of subsequent changes, and those that the employer must hand over to the employee at the end of the employment relationship . The working papers serve in particular for proper personnel administration and payroll accounting or as evidence for the employee when establishing a follow-up employment relationship or when applying for social benefits.
Documents and documents
The working papers include:
- certificate of employment
- Employment certificate according to § 312 SGB III
- Remuneration statements
- Income tax card or printout of the electronic income tax certificate stating the wage tax regulatory feature
- Member certificate of health insurance
- Social security card with pension insurance number
- Notification in text form about the content of the social security notifications made (proof of social security)
- Holiday certificate
- Documents on the company pension scheme
- Salary statement card (only in the painting and varnishing trade)
- Health certificate (if working in the food sector )
- Health certificate (for young people)
- Work permit or work permit (for foreigners from non-EU countries)
Handover obligation
The employer is obliged to hand over the working papers; the employee can bring this claim before the labor courts. As far as the correction of an incorrect entry on the income tax card is concerned, the tax courts are responsible.
Basically, the employee has to collect his / her work papers from the employer ( debt to collect ). According to Section 242 of the German Civil Code (BGB) , the employer may be required in individual cases to forward the working papers to the employee ( dispatch obligation ).
