These are the components of the remuneration to be paid in addition to the base remuneration. They may be fixed or variable.

The generally applicable provisions of the labour law provide, inter alia, for the following allowances:

• for overtime,
• for night work,
• compensating for a reduction in remuneration due to transfer to another job (pregnant women, employees who are unfit for work due to an accident at work or occupational disease).

The workplace remuneration regulations may include e.g. the following allowances:

• function-related,
• for seniority,
• for knowledge of foreign languages,
• for work under harmful, onerous and hazardous conditions.