{
  "ok": true,
  "country": "DE",
  "minAnnualLeaveDays": 24,
  "basis": "working",
  "noticeEmployerMinWeeks": 4,
  "noticeEmployeeMinWeeks": 4,
  "noticeNote": "Four weeks to the 15th or end of a month, rising with tenure (Section 622 BGB); two weeks during probation.",
  "probationMaxMonths": 6,
  "maxWeeklyHours": 48,
  "note": "24 working days on a six-day week (Werktage), which is 20 on a five-day week. Federal law; collective agreements usually give more.",
  "source": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/burlg/",
  "confidence": "secondary",
  "checkedOn": "2026-09-13",
  "countryName": "Germany",
  "flag": "🇩🇪",
  "caveats": [
    "Statutory rates and legal indicators as published by the named source, for information only. This is not legal or tax advice; how a rule applies to a person or a company depends on facts this tool does not hold.",
    "Statutory floors only: collective agreements, contracts and regional law usually give more, and many figures rise with tenure (see noticeNote and note). Working-day and calendar-day leave are not the same length and are never converted; a fact the law does not set is absent, not zero.",
    "One or more entries were read from secondary reporting because the official page could not be fetched; see each row's confidence."
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "employment-rules-curated",
        "label": "National labour ministries and statutes (curated)",
        "attribution": "Statutory minimum annual leave, notice, probation and weekly-hours ceilings, read from each country's labour authority or statute on the date shown per country, with secondary reporting where the official page could not be fetched (marked). Hand-maintained; not a live feed.",
        "updated": "2026-09-13"
      }
    ],
    "citation": "Geo-Parity — Statutory Employment Rules. Data: National labour ministries and statutes (curated). https://geo-parity.com/rules/?tab=employment",
    "permalink": "https://geo-parity.com/rules/?tab=employment",
    "terms": "Free to use and quote with attribution. Figures are estimates for orientation, not advice."
  }
}