Job termination

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Can your employer dismiss you during parental leave in Germany? In most cases, no. German law gives employees special protection against dismissal ...

• Job termination

Losing your job is rarely just a legal issue. After receiving a termination letter, important deadlines start running: you must register with the E...

• Job termination

Dismissal for personal reasons is - alongside conduct-related and redundancy-based dismissal - one of the three types of termination recognized und...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

A termination without notice (fristlose Kündigung) ends employment immediately with no notice period. This brings serious consequences: sudden inco...

• Job termination

Can an employer terminate employment without cause in Germany? In most cases, employers do not need to state the reason for dismissal in the termin...

• Job termination

Losing your job rarely means that your employment ends the next day. In most cases, there is a notice period. You keep working – or you are release...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

The law protects the continuity of employment relationships. The legislator takes into account the fact that the employer is usually in a stronger ...

• Job termination

Many employees need to take an (extended) sick leave, or are absent due to health problems, at some point in their careers. In these cases, many fe...

• Job termination

Special protection against dismissal exists to give certain vulnerable groups of employees extra security. Dismissals of these protected employees,...