[HIGHLIGHTS] Stagehands, cashiers, waiters: What good does a year's mini-job do for your pension?

A total of 7.5 million marginally paid employees were registered in January this year. Around 4.1 million of them only worked a mini-job.

If you earn 538 euros a month, your monthly pension currently increases by five euros after a year in a mini-job. Mini-jobbers can generally be exempted from pension insurance through the DRV. However, you will then not acquire any pension rights. Anyone who has accumulated 60 months (around five years) is entitled to a pension. Entitlement to pension insurance Collect waiting months for each month of employment. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. In the UK, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 0800-825-7255.