As a full-service provider in the area of HR Taxes, we offer legal advice related to national and international social security and labour law. Our services are either integrated into agreed tax advisory or payroll services or can be requested independently.
Our WTS "Social Security & Labour Relations" team is well positioned and consists of licensed pension advisors, lawyers and social lawyers.
Our aim is to advise our clients on occurring labour and social security law issues in a simple, legally secure, practical and, moreover, process- and cost-efficient manner.
In doing so, we cooperate with colleagues of our worldwide network WTS Global. Additionally we have specialized country experts from other countries inhouse who can comment on foreign social security and labour law issues directly from Germany. Fundamental questions can thus be solved promptly and cost-effectively.
Our services in detail:
International and coordinating social security and benefits law
- Assessment of insurance periods completed at home and abroad as well as possibilities for importing and exporting social benefits
- Determination of German and foreign social security obligations in cross-border situations, e.g. postings, work from anywhere
- Handling of application procedures in cross-border situations (e.g. A1 certificates, voluntary insurance, certificates for benefit assistance, child benefit)
National Social Security Law
- Assistance in company audits
- Employment of external staff/self-employment/determination of employment status
- Partial retirement, early retirement and value credit models
- Due diligences and health checks with a focus on social insurance
- Advice on social insurance for artists
- Short-time work allowance
- Development of remuneration and pension schemes (e.g. salary conversion, severance payments)
International & National Labour Law
Both, cross-border and national cases are incomplete without the consideration of the labour law perspective. There are often interactions between tax, social security and labour law that need to be taken into account. In addition, there are numerous liability issues in employment law that should be avoided.
- Advice, drafting & review of secondment agreements, German employment contracts, suspension agreements & offer letters
- Advice on equal pay & implementation of posting notifications (PWD registration)
- Advice on project and assembly assignments to and from abroad
- Legal structuring in the planning and implementation of international assignments Corona rules (e.g. Infection Protection Act)
- Temporary employments
- Works constitution and collective bargaining law
- Deployment of external staff
- Labour law advice in connection with corporate restructuring
- Outsourcing and stuff reduction
Legal advice and representation by qualified pension consultants and lawyers in the following areas
- Statutory pension insurance (e.g. advice on structuring pensions, pension procedures, account clarification, pension reports and calculations of all kinds, structuring voluntary contributions)
- Statutory health and long-term care insurance (e.g. checking contribution calculations, health insurance for pensioners, enforcing benefit claims)
- Statutory accident insurance (e.g. determination of reduction in earning capacity, advice on occupational accident benefits)
- Pension equalisation
- Occupational and company pensions
- Early retirement and partial retirement
Pension administration & accounting and advice on occupational pensions
Are you searching for a full-service provider taking care of all administration, portfolio management and accounting for your occupational pensioners? In this case you are exactly right with us!
In cooperation with p.c.a.k. pension & compensation consultants GmbH (pcak.de), we process new investments, portfolio management and the settlement of business and pension compensation cases. We carry out pension adjustments and directly prepare the adjustment letters & information for pensioners. Through a digitalised accounting process - thanks to interfaces with p.c.a.k. - we also directly handle the accounting of pension benefits in the paying agent notification procedure. We also take care of the pensioners' portfolio and are available as a competent contact for questions.
