{"id":1477,"date":"2023-10-17T19:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/labor-law\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:59:43","slug":"labor-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/labor-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Well employed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Employment contracts<\/strong> \u2013 drafting, review and amendment, including individual clauses.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Dismissals and unfair dismissal claims<\/strong> \u2013 preparing and issuing dismissals, representation in unfair dismissal proceedings.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Termination and settlement agreements<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Formal warnings and employment references<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Home office, mobile and hybrid work<\/strong> \u2013 contractual rules, revocation, working time, equipment, availability.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Working from abroad<\/strong> \u2013 workation and cross-border telework.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Employee data protection and IT in the workplace<\/strong> \u2013 private devices, monitoring and analysis, AI in HR.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Freelancers and bogus self-employment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Representation before the labour court<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">Typical issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Often the question is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>which provisions an employment contract needs for the particular business,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>whether the German Protection Against Unfair Dismissal Act applies and whether a dismissal must be preceded by a formal warning,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>what severance payment can be expected on separation,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>whether a home-office arrangement, once granted, can be revoked,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>what a termination agreement covers and what consequences it has,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>whether, and on what conditions, employees may work from abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem\">How to get started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/legal-fields-services\/\">Services and fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Related services: <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/information-technology-law-it-law\/\">IT law<\/a> (employee data protection, AI), <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/it-compliance-training-online\/\">Training<\/a> (working from anywhere), <a href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/business-mediation-online\/\">Business mediation online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well employed. 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&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/labor-law\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Employment law<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"Employment Law in Germany: Contracts and Dismissals","_genesis_description":"Employment contracts, dismissals and unfair dismissal claims, termination agreements, remote work and working from abroad: advice and representation under German law.","_tsf_title_no_blogname":0,"_genesis_noindex":0},"class_list":["post-1477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3211,"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1477\/revisions\/3211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauer.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}