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Germany Payroll & Labour news

Monday, 2 November 2026

Regulatory changes detected daily from official sources across Europe. Create a free account to follow your jurisdictions and ask Taxxa what a change means in practice.

Social Security ContributionsRechtsprechung des Bundes4 days ago

Higher 2027 values for meals, lodging and flats as pay

2027 monthly values: Verpflegung 355 Euro, Unterkunft 289 Euro, Wohnung fallback 5.08 Euro per sqm — apply the new SvEV tables from 1 January 2027.

Industry: Across industries

Social Security ContributionsDeutscher Steuerberaterverband e.V.2 weeks ago2 documents

DStV: 2027 draft adds 47 percent top rate, splits bonuses, skips reform

The 2027 draft lifts allowances but provides for a 47 percent top rate from 280,000 euros; the DStV demands inflation offset, surcharge abolition and uniform shift-bonus rules instead.

Industry: Across industries

Minimum Wage & Pay RegulationsRechtsprechung des Bundes4 weeks ago

2027 apprentice minimum pay set: 764 Euro in year one

The 2027 notice sets 764, 902, 1 031 and 1 070 Euro per month for years one to four of Berufsausbildungen begun in 2027.

Industry: Across industries

Social Security ContributionsDeutsche Rentenversicherung4 weeks ago

DRV: Cabinet decided 2027 ceilings; Bundesrat vote pending

Pension ceiling 8,850 euros a month, health/care 6,375 euros, compulsory-insurance line 84,150 euros a year — the ordinance still needs Bundesrat consent.

Industry: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

Social Security ContributionsDeutsche Rentenversicherung4 weeks ago

2027 social insurance thresholds to rise on 4.38% wage growth

The 2027 values follow 2025 wage growth of 4.38%; health-insurance thresholds rise by an extra 300 Euro a month. The ordinance still needs Cabinet and Bundesrat approval.

Industry: Across industries

Minimum Wage & Pay RegulationsLandesrecht Bayern (BAYERN.RECHT)4 weeks ago

Bavaria raises exceptional above-tariff pay cap to 124,000 Euro

The exceptional above-tariff pay grantable with individual Finance Ministry consent rises from 121,000 to 124,000 Euro gross per calendar year; the 111,500 Euro general-consent threshold is unchanged.

Industry: General public administration activities

Collective Bargaining & Trade Union LawWSI-Tarifarchiv1 month ago

Printing industry settles: staged rises to April 2028, term to Dec 2028

Staged rises of 2.0% from January 2027, 1.0% from July 2027 and 2.0% from April 2028 settle the 7.0% demand; term runs 29 months to December 2028.

Industry: Printing and service activities related to printing

Payroll Reporting & Filing ObligationsBundessteuerberaterkammer1 month ago

Central power-of-attorney register for social insurance from 2028

BMAS and BMF approved a central register where tax advisers file client powers of attorney once; carriers check them electronically. It applies from 1 January 2028, mandatory retrieval from 2030.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Social Security ContributionsDeutsche Rentenversicherung1 month ago

2027 social insurance thresholds to rise on 4.38% wage growth

All 2027 thresholds rise on 4.38% 2025 wage growth, with health insurance limits up an extra €300 a month. The ordinance still needs cabinet and Bundesrat approval.

Industry: Across industries

Social Security ContributionsRechtsprechung des Bundes1 month ago

Construction winter levy held at 1% through end of 2027

The Ninth Ordinance extends the 1% winter-employment levy (0.6% employer, 0.4% employee) to 31 December 2027; § 3a then lapses on 1 January 2028.

Industry: Construction

Social Security ContributionsDeutsche Rentenversicherung2 months ago

Pension insurance threshold rises to 633 EUR a month from 2027

The 603 EUR rate now applies strictly for 1 January to 31 December 2026. The 633 EUR figure governs from 1 January 2027.

Industry: Across industries

Pension & Occupational Retirement SchemesDeutsche Rentenversicherung2 months ago

Working pensioners lose sick pay above two-thirds partial pension

From 1 January 2027, anyone drawing more than 66.66% of the full Altersrente as a Teilrente loses statutory Krankengeld; switch requests for that date must reach the DRV by 31 December 2026.

Social Security ContributionsRechtsprechung des Bundes2 months ago

Artists' social levy set at 5.0% for 2027

The rate rises from the 4.9 per cent applying from 2026 back to the 5.0 per cent of 2023–2025. The 2027 levy on the year's fees falls due by 31 March 2028.

Industry: Museums activities · Programming and broadcasting activities · News agency activities · Public relations and communication activities · Publishing activities · Advertising agencies · Creative, arts and entertainment activities · Other education n.e.c.