German employment law provides for rather strong dismissal protection. This is the main reason why more and more employers are hiring employees on a fixed-term basis, since this will in most cases end employment legally...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true for...more
2/3/2020
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Tax ,
Fixed-Term Labor Contracts ,
Germany ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Maternity Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Remuneration ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Trade Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
Working Time Regulations
In one of its latest rulings, the Regional Labor Court of Munich concluded that crowdworkers or microtaskers are not employees under German employment law. However, the Court has allowed an appeal to the Federal Labor Court....more
At start-up, young technology companies focus entirely on their products, want to pitch and bring VC investors on board. Every euro in the budget counts, personnel is often limited, and legal advice seems expensive. For these...more
12/6/2019
/ Corporate Structures ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fixed-Term Labor Contracts ,
Freelance Workers ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Shareholders ,
Social Security ,
Startups ,
Venture Capital
In Germany, fixed-term employment is strictly regulated: As a rule, fixed-term requires objective grounds that justify the limited term. ...more
German employment law provides for rather strong dismissal protection. This is the main reason why more and more employers are hiring employees on a fixed-term basis, since this will in most cases end employment legally...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees.
This is especially true...more
7/31/2019
/ Employee Rights ,
Employment Tax ,
Fixed-Term Labor Contracts ,
Germany ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Maternity Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Remuneration ,
Sick Leave ,
Trade Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG) has overturned the controversial case law of the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG) on fixed-term contracts. ...more
After months of exhausting, on-off negotiations with changing negotiation partners at the table, on February 7, 2018, Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic...more