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🤝 Advice and contact points for employers

Who advises small employers? Nationwide offices for mini-jobs, social insurance, occupational safety, employment law and minimum wage.

advice Minijob-Zentrale IHK Chamber of Crafts (Handwerkskammer) Berufsgenossenschaft customs (Zoll) lawyer

In brief

Here are offices you can turn to. Contact details are deliberately not given here, so that no outdated information appears. Look up the office using the names given.

  • Minijob-Zentrale: for mini-jobs and the Haushaltsscheck.
  • Your employees' health insurance fund: registration, contributions, levies U1/U2.
  • Berufsgenossenschaft or Unfallkasse: accident insurance, occupational safety.
  • Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) or Chamber of Crafts (Handwerkskammer): advice for member businesses.
  • Customs (Zoll), Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit: inspection authority for minimum wage and registration.
  • Specialist lawyers for employment law, tax advisers: for individual cases.

In disputes with employees, the labour court (Arbeitsgericht) decides.

Step by step

  1. Assign the topicMini-job: Minijob-Zentrale. Contributions and notifications: health insurance fund. Accident: Berufsgenossenschaft.
  2. Gather documentsContract, payslip, registration certificates, correspondence.
  3. Have the legal question clarifiedWhere possible, have dismissal and fixed terms checked beforehand by a lawyer or an association.
  4. Note the deadlinesEnter deadlines from this page and from notices of decision immediately.

Deadlines

three weeks
Deadline for employees to file a claim after receipt of a dismissal§ 4 Satz 1 KSchG
one week
Notification of the business to the Berufsgenossenschaft§ 192 SGB VII
Watch out – common mistakes
  • This platform gives no phone numbers because they are not backed by the sources checked.
  • Always check contact details on the office's official website.
  • Advice from associations and chambers often applies only to members.
  • These pages do not replace legal advice.
In depth · legal basis, figures and practice – for advisers and professionals

Nationwide offices with supporting sources

The Minijob-Zentrale (minijob-zentrale.de) provides information on the Haushaltsscheck, contributions and deadlines for home helps and on mini-jobs; the Minijob Magazin (magazin.minijob-zentrale.de) publishes the changes to limits and levies. The Bundesregierung (bundesregierung.de) provides information on the minimum wage. The Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund decides in status determination procedures under § 7a SGB IV. The Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit of the customs authority inspects the minimum wage (statement by the Federal Government). The Bundesarbeitsgericht (bundesarbeitsgericht.de) publishes decisions.

Not substantiated

Specific addresses and phone numbers of Berufsgenossenschaften, Chambers of Crafts, chambers, employers' associations, state authorities for occupational safety and data protection supervision were not researched and are therefore not given. Also not evaluated: the employer service of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency) and funding programmes for hiring.

Scope

If you are an employee yourself and are looking for your rights as an employee, use the Employees module. For master craftsperson requirement, contract for work and construction site law there is the Craftspeople module.

Who is responsible
  • Minijob-Zentrale
  • Health insurance funds and Berufsgenossenschaften or Unfallkassen
  • IHK or Chamber of Crafts
  • Specialist lawyers for employment law, tax advisers
Further reading
Small employer: overviewDismissal in a small business

Quick questions

Worum geht es bei „Advice and contact points for employers“?
Who advises small employers? Nationwide offices for mini-jobs, social insurance, occupational safety, employment law and minimum wage.
Which deadlines and figures matter?
  • three weeks: Deadline for employees to file a claim after receipt of a dismissal (§ 4 Satz 1 KSchG)
  • one week: Notification of the business to the Berufsgenossenschaft (§ 192 SGB VII)
What should I do first?
  • Assign the topic: Mini-job: Minijob-Zentrale. Contributions and notifications: health insurance fund. Accident: Berufsgenossenschaft.
  • Gather documents: Contract, payslip, registration certificates, correspondence.
  • Have the legal question clarified: Where possible, have dismissal and fixed terms checked beforehand by a lawyer or an association.
What do I need to watch out for?
  • This platform gives no phone numbers because they are not backed by the sources checked.
  • Always check contact details on the office's official website.
  • Advice from associations and chambers often applies only to members.
Evidence
  • Minijob-Zentrale, Abgaben, Steuern & Fristen bei Haushaltshilfen, retrieved 20 September 2026
  • Bundesregierung, Fragen und Antworten zum Mindestlohn, retrieved 20 September 2026
  • SGB IV § 7a, gesetze-im-internet.de, retrieved 20 September 2026
  • Bundesarbeitsgericht (bundesarbeitsgericht.de), retrieved 20 September 2026
As of

September 2026 · Sources and method

A question about your situation that this page does not answer? Write to us or use the contact form – we will tell you which office is responsible and what to bring. Free of charge, without individual legal advice.