At Horizons, we operate under a labour-leasing license (German = Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (AÜG)), which is seen as a temporary employment solution by the German authorities. When we hire employees and become their Employer of Record, we can offer the employees a temporary or a permanent employment contract. However, due to our AÜG license, we can only deploy the employee to the same end-client for a maximum of 18 continuous months. So, although the employee can essentially have a permanent contract with Horizons, they can only be deployed to the end-client for a maximum period of 18 months. Important: Note that employing is a federal offence and punishable by German law. As we have seen other EORs in the market setting up multiple entities to find workarounds for the 18-month limit, we can only strongly recommend to stay away.