Given the recent, dramatic price increases, especially in the energy sector, the 2022 tax relief legislation aims to ease the financial strain on people who typically incur travel costs in connection with earning their income and who will be heavily impacted by the current trend in energy prices.

In accordance with the tax relief legislation, all employers are required to pay their employees a one-off payment amounting to 300 euros for increased energy costs. Employees of Freie Universität Berlin include all civil servants, administrative and research staff members, student employees, apprentices, trainees, students in “dual study” programs, and interns.

• You can find more details in German about the one-off energy payment in the staff circular Personalblatt 04/2022 (only available from computers connected to the campus network).