Employers are subject to an obligation to report to certain authorities. Helpful to know when and to whom these notifications go.

Employers who hire new employees are subject to statutory reporting obligations to various authorities. If an employee is hired for the first time, you need the company number. You can obtain these from the Employment Agency.

When the employment relationship begins, the employee submits to the employer the registration certificate of his health insurance fund. The employer has the obligation to report to this health insurance fund within two weeks of the beginning of the employment relationship. If the employee does not present a membership certificate, the employer registers the employee with the health insurance fund with which he was last insured. If the employee does not have health insurance and does not want to use the right to vote in the health insurance, the employer selects the fund and must inform the employee about it.

Your employees are obliged to present the social security card at the beginning of employment in the company. If this does not happen, you must ask your employee to do so. In order to combat undeclared work and illegal employment, employers in certain sectors of the economy will have an obligation to report new workers electronically immediately as of 1 January 2009 (immediate notification).

In the event of a major change in status, such as marriage, tax class changes or pregnancy, this must be reported as soon as possible - also for the direct benefit of the worker.