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In employment law I advise and represent employers, from management to the HR department, and also employees, out of court and before the German labour courts. The issues are everyday ones with a lot at stake: an employment contract that has to fit the business, a dismissal that must be legally sound, a separation that should proceed in an orderly way.
Topics
- Employment contracts – drafting, review and amendment, including individual clauses.
- Dismissals and unfair dismissal claims – preparing and issuing dismissals, representation in unfair dismissal proceedings.
- Termination and settlement agreements.
- Formal warnings and employment references.
- Home office, mobile and hybrid work – contractual rules, revocation, working time, equipment, availability.
- Working from abroad – workation and cross-border telework.
- Employee data protection and IT in the workplace – private devices, monitoring and analysis, AI in HR.
- Freelancers and bogus self-employment.
- Representation before the labour court.
Typical issues
Often the question is
- which provisions an employment contract needs for the particular business,
- whether the German Protection Against Unfair Dismissal Act applies and whether a dismissal must be preceded by a formal warning,
- what severance payment can be expected on separation,
- whether a home-office arrangement, once granted, can be revoked,
- what a termination agreement covers and what consequences it has,
- whether, and on what conditions, employees may work from abroad.
How to get started
Send me the employment contract, the notice of dismissal or a short description by e-mail. Dismissals trigger short deadlines, so please get in touch as early as possible. You can write to me in English or German. Procedure and fees, including for the initial contact, are set out under Services and fees.
Related services: IT law (employee data protection, AI), Training (working from anywhere), Business mediation online.