Severance Pay

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

When layoffs occur in Germany, employers often offer their employees severance pay. There is not necessarily a legal right for this; In most cases,...

• Severance Pay

In labour law, a warning letter (Abmahnung) is a formal reprimand in which one contracting party (typically the employer) accuses another contracti...

• 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...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Termination without notice, also known as extraordinary dismissal, is a situation in which the employment relationship is terminated without observ...

• Severance Pay

Every year, more than 200.000 lawsuits against unfair dismissal are filed in Germany. Whenever an employer dismisses employees, most of them will r...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Employees and employers in Germany can terminate an employment relationship without notice by signing a termination agreement. If the employer init...

• 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 termination for "operational reasons" in Germany is generally possible, if the job position of the employee who is terminated is abolished. Howev...

• Job termination
• Severance Pay

Losing your job comes as a surprise - at least for most employees. And almost no one has ever taken exactly the remaining annual leave, when a job...