Employment of workers from other Member States in Germany

Find out more about the employment of workers from other EU countries in Germany.

What procedures need to be followed when sending workers from an EU country to Germany?

Employers established abroad must submit a notification before workers are employed in certain sectors in Germany.

You can find more information here.

Which authority should be notified of the posting?

The employer must submit the notification to the General Directorate of Customs (Generalzolldirektion).
The notification must be submitted via the Mindestlohn-Meldeportal (Minimum Wage Reporting Portal).  

What information should the notification contain?

An overview of the information to be included in the notification can be found here. 

This information can be consulted in a structured way on the Minimum Wage Reporting Portal.

• Posting of Workers Act (Arbeitnehmer-Entsendegesetz, AEntG)

European Directives concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services:

• European Directive 96/71/EC of 16 December 1996 services
• European Directive 2018/957 of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC

Information on the procedural rules and working conditions that employers established abroad must respect when temporarily employing employees in Germany can be found here.

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Office for the Equal Treatment of EU Workers (EU-GS)