Yes if your degree programme is your main focus. Your paid employment therefore remains secondary in comparison to your degree programme. In that case, you continue to pay your health and long-term care insurance contributions as a student.
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Income from the following types of employment is not subject to additional contributions to health, long-term care and unemployment insurance:
- Mini-job: You are allowed to earn up to 538 EUR - regardless of the number of hours you work.
- Short-term employment: The job is limited at the outset to a maximum of 3 months (70 working days).
- Working students: It does not matter how much you earn as long as you do not work more than 20 hours per week.
If the 20-hour week limit is exceeded due to weekend employment, evening or night hours or during holidays (semester holidays), the following must be taken into consideration:
- you have a limited employment relationship and
- you do not work for more than a total of 26 weeks with a working week of more than 20 hours in a year.