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• Job termination
• Severance Pay

In cases of retrenchments, German law offers a transition solution to delay the unemployment for the employees, the so called transfer companies (T...

• Job termination

Many employees believe that they cannot be dismissed while they are on a rehabilitation programme (Reha or Kur). That is only partly true. Rehabili...

• Employment contract
• Other

When does working time actually starts and ends? Is it working time, when you have to change into special work wear or if you go on a business trip...

• Severance Pay

Voluntary redundancy programmes (Freiwilligenprogramm) can be a real alternative to dismissals while a company is reducing jobs. They offer many ad...

• Job termination

The probationary period (Probezeit) gives both employer and employee a chance to work out whether they can work together well in the long-term. The...

• Job termination

Termination of an apprenticeship follows different rules than those in a standard employment relationship. The Vocational Training Act (Berufsbildu...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Once an employee has filed a claim at the Labour Court (Arbeitsgericht), they will receive a summons to a conciliation hearing (Güteverhandlung/Güt...

• Employment contract
• Other

Sometimes employers in Germany transfer employee's to different workplaces or change working duties by unilateral instructions. Such a unilateral c...

• Job termination

Members of the works council (Betriebsrat) must be free and independent in doing their work. Therefore the employer may not terminate the employmen...