Germany has no nationwide time-and-a-half rule, so Everhour helps track the hours that your contract or CBA must price.
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The practical question is not only "how much extra pay is due?" In Germany, the first question is which premium applies. The Arbeitszeitgesetz (ArbZG) sets working-time limits, rest breaks, rest periods, and Sunday or public-holiday restrictions, but it does not set a nationwide 1.5x or 2x overtime premium.
For pay, use the rate named in the employment contract, collective agreement, or works agreement. If the arrangement does not state a premium, BGB section 612 supports implied or usual remuneration where pay is expected. The calculator result gives gross overtime pay before payroll deductions, not a final net wage.
Start with the regular hourly rate, eligible overtime hours, and the contractual or collectively agreed multiplier. A 25% premium is entered as 1.25x, a 50% premium as 1.5x, and paid time off in lieu is handled outside the cash calculation unless the agreement converts it to pay.
Example: an employee earns €24 per hour, has a 40-hour contractual week, and works 44 payable hours. Regular pay is 40 × €24 = €960. If the applicable agreement pays overtime at 1.25x, the overtime rate is €30. Four overtime hours equal €120, for total gross pay of €1,080.
Under ArbZG section 3, employees' working time may not exceed eight hours per working day. Daily working time can extend up to ten hours only if the average over six calendar months or 24 weeks does not exceed eight hours per working day. The normal average cap is effectively 48 hours across a six-day working week.
Do not treat a paid premium as permission to ignore rest rules. Work over six and up to nine hours requires at least 30 minutes of breaks; work over nine hours requires at least 45 minutes. Employees must receive at least eleven uninterrupted hours of rest after the daily working period, subject only to limited sector reductions with compensating rest.
A calculator is enough for a one-off gross pay check when you already know the employee's eligible hours, regular rate, and agreement-based multiplier. Use the same check to confirm that the proposed payment clears the €13.90 gross per hour general statutory minimum wage floor in effect since January 1, 2026.
A managed workflow is better when overtime needs approval, locked records, payroll handoff, or repeat review. Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours with timers or manual entries, then supports approvals, locked periods, reminders, and payroll review so the calculation starts from reviewed time records.
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No. Germany does not set a fixed nationwide 1.5x or 2x overtime premium. Overtime pay or time off is normally governed by the employment contract, collective agreement, or works agreement. Where pay is expected but not expressly fixed, BGB section 612 can support implied or usual remuneration.
Germany's Working Time Act, the Arbeitszeitgesetz (ArbZG), is the main statute for maximum working time, rest breaks, daily rest, night-work protections, and Sunday or public-holiday work limits. It controls whether hours are allowed and recorded; the overtime pay multiplier usually comes from the contract, collective agreement, or works agreement.
Yes, but only within the ArbZG conditions. Employees' working time may not exceed eight hours per working day as the baseline. It can extend up to ten hours if the average over six calendar months or 24 weeks does not exceed eight hours per working day.
Employers must record working time exceeding the eight-hour daily baseline and keep those records for at least two years. BMAS also notes the BAG's 2022 ruling requiring a system for recording total employee working time, so a payroll-ready overtime file should preserve daily totals, breaks, approvals, and later corrections.
The ArbZG generally prohibits work from midnight to midnight on Sundays and statutory public holidays, unless an exception permits it. Permitted Sunday work requires a substitute rest day within two weeks, and public-holiday work on a weekday requires one within eight weeks. A pay premium still comes from the applicable agreement, not a nationwide default.
Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through timers or manual entries inside tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and others. Admins can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules before hours feed payroll review.
Track approved hours, lock reviewed periods, and hand clean time data to payroll review. Everhour keeps German overtime checks tied to the records behind the calculation.
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