On this page, you will find the most important concerns for lecturers. The corresponding information and questions can be found in the respective boxes.
Should you have any further questions or require more in-depth information, please contact your your responsible officer.
- The statutory basis is Section 63 of the Rhineland-Palatinate Higher Education Act (HochSchG RLP) (only in german.)
- Lecturers are not in a dependent employment relationship with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz or the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but are self-employed (§ 2 No. 1 Social Code Book VI - SGB VI). They are obligated to register with the competent pension insurance institution within three months of commencing self-employment, using the forms provided by the pension insurance institution (§ 190a SGB VI). We kindly request that you contact the German Pension Insurance in this regard (applies only to remunerated teaching assignments).
- Lecturers are not covered by statutory accident insurance. We therefore advise taking out private insurance.
- For any subsequent teaching assignments, we hereby obligate you to notify the respective clients immediately of further teaching assignments at our university, should these be additionally executed.
- The extent of teaching hours assigned within a teaching contract must not exceed 4 semester hours per week - in exceptional cases 6 semester hours per week. Special regulations apply to artistic and linguistic disciplines: Here, a scope of up to 8 semester hours per week is possible.
The following documents must be submitted (preferably by email):
- Details of the Teaching Assignment (only in german).
- For non-EU nationals: valid residence permit (if applicable, with supplementary sheet)
For teaching assignments in further education, please also submit the following document:
Within the 'Teaching Assignment Details' form, reference is made to the obligation to maintain data confidentially (only in german).
At the end of the teaching assignment, lecturers will report the number and scope of actually conducted individual hours when submitting their invoice. The corresponding form can be found here as a teaching assignment settlement (only in german).
The State Office in Koblenz. Please note that payment can only be made if all required documents are submitted.
You can find your contact person at the State Finance Office using your personnel number here (only in german).
Note: Lectures are personally responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulations govering secondary employment, as well as social security and tax-related recording and declaration obligations.