# Hiring
Where do employees have to be registered? What other formalities have to be taken into account? Do you want to hire new employees for your business? Here you will find relevant information and government services.
To ServicesYou may apply for a new social security card if you have lost your card, damaged it, or if it is no longer readable.
Are you temporarily sending staff abroad? To prove that German social security law continues to apply, you can apply for an A1 certificate for your employees.
If you want to lend employees to a third party, you need a permit to do so.
If you as an employer wish to employ foreign skilled workers who come from third countries, the Federal Employment Agency must generally give its consent. You can have it checked in advance whether the requirements for approval are met.
If your employees or the BA require a certificate of employment, you must send this to the BA. The same applies to a secondary income certificate if employees or persons working for you on a self-employed basis have applied for or are receiving current cash benefits.
Does your company belong to a professional association or accident insurance fund and has paid the contributions to the statutory accident insurance? Then you can prove this with a clearance certificate to main companies or contracted companies.
Do you receive a pension from the statutory pension insurance? Then this has an effect on your insurance status in the artists' social insurance.