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How much do you work? I’d love to here the cultural difference in regards to work time/ benefits I will never miss working as an employee in the U.S. my salaried positions in the tourism and restaurant industry I had to work a minimum 10 hour shifts 6 days a week, and was required to go to a weekly, quarterly, and yearly managers meetings even if it was on my day off, so a lot of times that was 7 days a week. No paid maternity leave, no parental leave, no sick leave. And I had to work at the company six months before I got my 7 days of paid vacation. Are all jobs like this —no— but many are. Because there are no federally mandated laws prohibiting it…like there are in Germany. What’s your work life balance where you’re at? • • • • • • #americanabroad #americaningermany #lifeabroad #expat #expatlife #teacheringermany #germany #deutschland #newingermany #expatingermany #differentculture #germans #deutsch #deutsche #cultureshock #kulturschock

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Get ready for these changes in Germany from 2024 #🎯 New opportunities With opportunity card( Chancenkarte) planned to come into force in June 2024, more opportunities coming your way to move to Germany. Moving to Germany from non EU countries will be easier. 🪪Germany eases naturalisation process with new citizenship law In 2024, it should be possible for residents in Germany to apply for German citizenship after 5 years of residence in Germany. Also, children born in Germany will get citizenship if one of the parents has been living in Germany for five years. 👨‍👩‍👧Changes for parents or to-be parents ➡️ 10 days paternity leave is set to introduce from 2024. ➡️Threshold for parental leave income allowance is planned to be lowered from 300.000 EUR to 200.000 EUR(for couples) for kids born after 1st April 2024. ➡️ In Germany, parents can take upto 14 months of paid parental leave in total. These leave can be divided by parents and can also be taken together by both parents . But from April 2024, it should not be possible for both parents to take “Elternzeit” together for more than a month. All about money 💰 ➡️VAT in Restaurants to increase from 7 % to 19 %. ➡️Minimum wages should increase from 12 € to 12.41€. ➡️ Germany is all set to include plastic milk bottles in their Pfand (cash deposit) system ➡️Rise in income threshold to get private insurance in Germany - In Germany, one can opt for private insurance only after meeting certain requirements like minimum salary. Currently, one should earn at least 69,300€ to be able to apply for private insurance in Germany. 🙌A step towards digitalisation ➡️Germany is known for it’s dependency on papers but in 2024, the E- prescription is set to replace paper prescription by doctors. 🔥Legalisation of cannabis in Germany is in debate since long. This year might be the year of Cannabis legalisation in Germany. Which change is going to affect you? Comment below #lifeingermany #lebenindeutschland #deutschland #exploregermany #germannews #germanyupdates #germany2024 #deutschland #moverogermany #chancenkarte [germany updates, move to germany, germany news]

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