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• Termination agreement

One-fifth rule for severance pay: If there is a mutual separation between employer and employee by means of a termination agreement, or if the empl...

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Pregnancy is an exciting and special time in life – full of anticipation, but also characterised by many new questions. However, if you have starte...

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The Family Start Time Act (also called ‘paternity leave’) stipulates that partners should be given paid leave during the family start time for a pe...

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• Job termination

When does an employment ban apply during pregnancy? For example, in the case of multiple pregnancy, risks of premature birth or in the case of extr...

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Wayfair plans to close its branch in Germany by the end of the year. Many employees have already received a termination notice effective March 31, 2025, and have been immediately released. As part of these terminations, affected employees were offered severance pay to avoid lawsuits. Other employees have been given termination notices for the end of the year. However, the repeatedly proposed winding-up agreements (“Aufhebungsverträge” and “Abwicklungsverträge”) can carry significant disadvantages. In some cases, employees are required to continue working until October 2025, without the ability to seek new opportunities during this period. The amount of severance offered by Wayfair also varies greatly!

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Jobseeker in Germany: Registering your termination with the employment office (Agentur für Arbeit) is a crucial step in securing your financial and...

• Job termination

Employers in Germany usually need a special reason to issue a “fair dismissal” - in other words, a legally effective notice of termination. One gro...

• Job termination

In Germany, employers are generally required to provide a valid justification for a “fair dismissal,” which refers to a legally effective notice of...

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A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is - in theory - an indication of performance weaknesses and a plan for improving your performance on the job....

• Severance Pay

In theory, most employees in Germany might not have a legal claim for a severance package. In practice, however, severance payments will be made almost all the time, often triggered by the lawsuit that many employees use as part of the negotiation process.