Until end of 2022 I worked for a company in Germany for quite some time, until I sent my resignation letter and decided to move on.

My contract was a "Tarifvertrag", which regulated also the compensation of the overtime, and in my case this amounted some a couple hundred hours. Also I had several holidays I didn't take as time off by the time I left the company.

On my last payroll, however, I saw no compensation for neither holidays or overtime, and I wonder if I should put pressure on the company to pay or wait until the end of January. Being an expat, I have no clue how these kinds of payments are regulated in Germany.

UPDATE: I asked for legal advice to a lawyer and they suggested I would send a registered letter to the company asking for payment within two weeks. I was about to finalize the letter when I received an email that assured me I would be paid within this month. I'm curious anyway to understand if this is "normal".