The term Mini job was coined in Germany to describe a form of marginal employment that is generally characterized as part-time with a low wage.
With the Scholz cabinet raising the minimum wage to €12 per hour, the income cap for a mini job was increased to €520 per month since 1 October 2022.
[4] The German government enacted legislation that ensures that employers pay social insurance for mini job workers.
They can either be covered by the health insurance of a higher earning partner (or parents, for students up to 25 years of age) or contribute voluntarily at a flat rate of €140 per month.
On 7 December 2011 it was reported that the European Central Bank sent a letter in August to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government, suggesting that Spain implemented a mini jobs job category with salaries of €400, a value considerably lower than Spain's minimum wage of €641.
In 2012, Justice Minister Liz Truss championed the idea of Britain following Germany's lead in allowing people to have tax-free and less-regulated mini jobs.