Timo Sauer

• Employment contract

Fixed-term contracts are increasingly common in Germany - and so are lawsuits to convert them into permanent employment. If you believe the time li...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Employees in the public sector face different rules compared to the private sector, especially when it comes to notice periods, dismissal protectio...

• Job termination

When an employer fires someone not because of proven misconduct, but because of a (serious) suspicion, questions arise: Whether such a “dismissal b...

• Job termination

In Germany, a redundancy dismissal (betriebsbedingte Kündigung) is only valid if the employer conducts a proper “social selection” (Sozialauswahl)....

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• Other

If an employee wants to challenge a dismissal, claim unpaid wages or enforce other rights from an employment contract, he may have to take the case...

• Job termination
• Legal expense insurance
• Other

Legal aid in Germany allows employees with low income or limited assets to take legal action without having to pay the full court and lawyer fees t...

• Job termination
• Termination agreement

Removing a managing director (Geschäftsführer) from a German GmbH is legally very different from dismissing a normal employee. That is because for ...

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• Job termination

Can you return to your former job after being lawfully dismissed? In German labor law, the answer is yes – but only in rare cases. The so-called “r...

• Job termination

Insults at work can escalate quickly – but do they really justify dismissal for insult? This guide explains when an insult crosses the legal line, ...