Severance Pay

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

A termination during short-time-work (Kurzarbeit) in Germany is generally - legal! There is a widespread misconception that your employer cannot fi...

• Severance Pay
• Tax on severance pay

Do you have to pay income tax on severance pay in Germany? Yes -  unfortunately, employees have to pay income taxes also on their severance pay. An...

• Severance Pay
• Tax on severance pay

Do you have to pay tax on your severance pay if you lose your job? Unfortunately, in Germany, the answer is yes. This blog article explains why - a...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

A dismissal for operational reasons (betriebsbedingte Kündigung) is one of the three types of dismissal enshrined in the German Unfair Dismissals P...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Sometimes, a termination comes “out of the blue”. But not always. Often, there are signs that an employee might get fired. In this blog article, we...