Is it legal to work the equivalent of more than 100% total across multiple jobs? Under which conditions is the possible?

Sorry that I wasn't able to find this in the search. Any references would be helpful, thanks.

according to some directors it is not only legal its compulsory.

i take it you mean having multiple jobs ? fine i think if you can keep up , but be careful of overdoing it and also more importantly the tax situation......even dodgier if you are on a licence to only work so many hours per week etc.

I also thought it was common to work more than 100%. I also mentioned it to the arbeitsamt and the migrationsamt (sent them both of my contracts and spoke on the phone) and they didn't indicate a problem.

Yes, I plan to start two jobs, one with 100% and the other with 20%. I've been told by the 20% job that I should either quit this job or reduce my time at the other to 80%.

Do you know how I can get this sorted out?

And I'm not sure what you mean about the tax situation. But I guess I could call the arbeitsamt to ask about my particular permit and what it allows, right?

If you are an independent there is of course no limit. But if you are an employee of a company that pays your contributions to a pension plan, insurance and unemployment then there could be an issue if you work more than a defined limit of hours/week. The reasons:

- you have paid vacation during which you are not supposed to work; vacation is paid by company so that you come back fit again for optimal productivity.
- the more hours/week you work, the higher are the chances that you'll get sick or a work accident; so here the insurances put a pressure on your employer to enforce the limit of working hours/week.

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Hi! I know this is a relatively old thread, but I was wondering how it went working the 120%? Was there any trouble? and basically, how long before you actually had the trouble?
I'm in the exact same situation at the moment.
Thanks!
Alan
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I used to do it. 160%

Told my one company (60%) if they did not like it I would gladly go to 100% only at the other company. Then it was fine
They did not like it one bit and came with a whole bunch of legal issues etc etc.

In the end noone complained about it (federal/ commune,....)

After 5 months I was forced to go to just 100% at 1 job as I couldnt keep up (One job was a 40 min commute by car)

Made a shit load of money to make our move to the USA . Looking back....not such a good choice but thats another story.

gee ! I am doing 250% all the times