Timo Sauer

• Employment contract

Fixed-term employment contracts are widespread: in 2023, 7.5% of employees aged 25 and over in Germany had a fixed-term contract. Fixed-term contra...

• Job termination

Insolvency is a special situation for companies and employees that raises various employment-related questions: What does the opening of insolvency...

• Legal expense insurance

An employment dispute can quickly result in high costs that are difficult for employees to bear. Employment legal expenses insurance (ELI) can help...

• Job termination

Dismissal often comes unexpectedly and can be extremely stressful. In such moments, an action for unfair dismissal often seems the only way to secu...

• Job termination
• Warning letter

In employment law, working time fraud (Arbeitszeitbetrug) constitutes a serious breach of the contractual obligations and can have far-reaching con...

• Job termination
• Termination agreement

A leave of absence (Freistellung) is a common practice in which an employee is either revocably or irrevocably released from their work obligations...

• Employment contract
• Job termination
• Other

For many people, the Christmas bonus is not just an ‘extra’ – it is also mentally an integral part of their annual income, and often firmly planned...

• Termination agreement

A sprinter clause ("Sprinterklausel" or "Turboklausel") in the termination agreement allows the employee to leave the company prematurely – and als...

• Job termination

An unfair dismissal claim is the most important means for employees to defend themselves against dismissal. However, it must be submitted within th...

• Employment contract
• Termination agreement

A settlement contract (Abwicklungsvertrag) defines the conditions that are important for the termination of the employment relationship after a ter...