ABC of employment
All questions and answers relating to employment
Posting abroad
If you process an order through Smart and carry it out wholly or partly outside Germany, you must...
Maternity protection
What is Maternity Protection? Maternity protection safeguards pregnant and breastfeeding employe...
Minijobs
For whom? At Smart the highest mini-job category M13 corresponds to a salary of 603 EUR. You can...
Parental Leave
What is parental leave? Parental leave is a legally protected period away from work for mothers ...
Payroll
If you are employed via Smart, you will receive an automatically generated payslip ("Lohnzettel",...
Sick leave
Sick notes (Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungen) are now transmitted electronically from the docto...
Side income
Self-employed activity If you have your own tax number, you can invoice some of your services yo...
Unemployment benefits and basic income support
Do you receive unemployment benefits (ALG I) and want to work with Smart? Processing your orde...
Vacation
Vacation days All our members are contractually entitled to 20 days' vacation (based on a 5-day ...
Care Support Allowance (Pflegeunterstützungsgeld)
Care Support Allowance (Pflegeunterstützungsgeld) Care support allowance is an income replacemen...
Students
Please remember to send us your certificate of enrollment (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung) for eac...