Frank Broer

• Employment contract
• Job termination
• Other

As long as an employment relationship is in place, employees are subject to a general non-compete rule (Wettbewerbsverbot) – but this doesn’t apply...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

When layoffs occur in Germany, employers often offer their employees severance pay. There is not necessarily a legal right for this; In most cases,...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Losing your job comes as a surprise - at least for most employees. And almost no one has ever taken exactly the remaining annual leave, when a job...

• Warning letter

In labour law, a warning letter (Abmahnung) is a formal reprimand in which one contracting party (typically the employer) accuses another contracti...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

A termination during short-time-work (Kurzarbeit) in Germany is generally - legal! There is a widespread misconception that your employer cannot fi...

• Severance Pay
• Tax on severance pay

Do you have to pay income tax on severance pay in Germany? Yes -  unfortunately, employees have to pay income taxes also on their severance pay. An...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

A dismissal for operational reasons (betriebsbedingte Kündigung) is one of the three types of dismissal enshrined in the German Unfair Dismissals P...

• Find a lawyer
• Job termination

Germany tends to be among the more employee-friendly countries, for instance, when it comes to firing employees. However, you still can get fired i...