Are students subject to social insurance contributions?

Question

I work part-time (15 hours per week) at my job. Last year, I was still studying, but dropped out and am now doing an apprenticeship.

When I re-registered with my health insurance company, they said it was the same ratio.

I then sent my exmatriculation to my work and then the "new" school certificate.

Now I have received a letter from HR saying that they are not sure what employment relationship exists and whether they "have to" register me retroactively as subject to social insurance contributions for the last 5 months.

Since I have no knowledge of this and couldn't find anything when googling, I was hoping that someone here might be able to help me with whether I am required to pay social insurance as a student.

siola55 · Answer

You can as a student with a short-term employment for max. 3 months or 70 working days in the calendar year (also as a holiday job) be social insurance free! As soon as you regularly over 520€ (since October 1st, 2022, before this was 450€), you are subject to social insurance! I work part-time [15h/week] in my job... At 12€/h this would be about 15h/Where x 4.3 Wo x 12€ minimum wage = about 775€/month and thus a Midijob :https://www.minijob-zentrale.de/DE/die-minijobs/midijob/midijob_node.html When is it a midi job? In short, it is a midi job if the employee or the employee is not only employed in the short term and the earnings are on average more than 520 and not more than 2,000 euros (until December 31, 2022: EUR 1,600) per month. In midijob there is a lower limit of 520.01 euros and an upper limit of 2,000 euros a month. Those who earn average monthly in this so-called transition area and not only work short-term up to 3 months will be subject to social insurance . This means that employees and employers pay contributions to health and care insurance and pension and unemployment insurance. Midijobbers are therefore not registered with the Minijob headquarters, but with their respective health insurance. Employers pay contributions to them. Midijobbers are also compulsory insurance through statutory accident insurance, such as all employees, regardless of the level of earnings.

schonen · Answer

When I resigned to my health insurance in this respect, it said it was the same relationship.

You may be in a certain school training relationship that is similar to a study in terms of health insurance, so that the usual rules of “workstudi status” apply and the employment relationship could only be subject to pension insurance. For this purpose, the health insurance company could issue a certificate.

Reliable information may be provided by an employer by the competent auditor of the pension insurance institution.