In addition to their main employment as a civil servant, civil servants may also pursue other part-time activities, provided these do not interfere with their official interests.
During part-time employment, however, paid secondary employment may only be carried out with a time commitment that would also be permitted for full-time employees. This means that the scope of the secondary employment may not exceed an average of eight hours per week.
The civil service regulations on secondary employment can be found in Section 70 NBG.
According to Section 40 sentence 1 BeamtStG, secondary employment must always be notified. Pursuant to Section 75 sentence 2 NBG, the assumption of secondary employment must be notified at least one month in advance.
It may be necessary to inform the employer about the receipt of remuneration for secondary employment. This is always the case if remuneration is due from secondary employment for a client who is part of the public sector. Exceptions exist in accordance with Section 10 HNtVO for the group of academic staff, among others. Accordingly, the obligation to pay remuneration for the following secondary employment does not apply to academic councilors, among others:
- from teaching and examination activities at a state or state-recognized university
- from secondary employment as a judicial or public prosecution expert
- from secondary employment that is requested, proposed or arranged by a supranational or intergovernmental organization or a supreme federal or state authority in individual cases, even if it is performed in the public service, or
- remuneration from artistic activities, independent expert activities and the performance of research assignments
In all other cases in which remuneration is earned from secondary employment for a client who is part of the public sector, the provisions on the surrender of secondary employment remuneration in Section 10 HNtVO, Section 9 and 10 NNVO apply. If the sideline remuneration exceeds certain limits, it must be paid to the employer. It is possible to deduct certain contributions from the secondary employment remuneration.
If the remuneration from secondary employment is earned exclusively from private clients, the provisions on the payment of secondary employment remuneration do not apply.
The commencement of a secondary employment must be notified at least one month before it is taken up using the document "Notification of secondary employment" linked below. The supervisor receives the completed and signed notification of secondary employment with a request for confirmation that there are no objections to taking on the secondary employment and then forwards the notification of secondary employment to the Professorships/Officials department. The notification of secondary employment is confirmed by the responsible personnel officer.
The obligation to pay and further details regarding the admissibility of secondary employment and special features for the university sector are regulated in the Lower Saxony Secondary Employment Ordinance and the University Secondary Employment Ordinance.