Tariff-based Future Payment
Your future – your tariff-based future payment
Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements have an entitlement to the tariff-based future payment: an additional annual benefit from Fresenius, the amount of which is calculated based on your individual collectively agreed remuneration. You can find the list of participating Fresenius companies here.
You can determine how your payment is used from year to year. You have three options to choose from.
If you make no selection, the tariff-based future payment will automatically be paid into the compensatory time account or - if you are not entitled to a compensatory time account, a payout is made.
Your options
Days in lieu
Is flexibility of time important to you? Then you can use part of the future payment for individual days in lieu. The maximum number of possible days in lieu is 5 days. As a general principle, these are to be taken individually. Deviations are possible. The days off (whole days only) can be taken between April 1 and December 31 of the entitlement year.
FAQ Days in lieu
Compensatory Time Account
Do you rely on long-term planning? If you put the future payment into the compensatory time account, you can use it to finance subsequent days in lieu for a break, further training, care, or early retirement. The tariff-based future payment remains free of tax and social security when you pay into the compensatory time account. Only the payment which is salary for the days in lieu is subject to tax and social security contributions.
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Cash payment
You also have the option of having the tariff-based future payment paid out in full or in part. The payment is made as a one-time payment with the April payroll of the entitlement year and is taxed and subject to contributions.
The details
It's your choice!
Do you have any questions?
Information for employees of Fresenius Medical Care
The details
Amount of your tariff-based future payment
The yearly tariff-based future payment amounts to 23%. The basis for the calculation is the collectively agreed salary on the first working day of the entitlement year. Use the future payment calculator to find out how high your tariff-based future payment will be.
Requirements
You are entitled to the tariff-based future payment if you are a tariff employee and receive a salary or continued salary payment from an employment that has not been terminated on the first working day of the year in which you are entitled to the payment (= reference date).
It's your choice!
The selection period for the 2025 tariff-based future payment ended. A new selection is only possible again for 2026.
Do you have any questions?
You can find answers to frequently asked questions about the tariff-based future payment here. Or, contact us directly at zukunftsbetrag@fresenius.com.
