As soon as you employ one person in Germany, you are subject to German labour law. This is why the need for legal services starts with the initiation of employment relationships and extends beyond termination. The requested content of the employment contract should be in accordance with the current cogent law and mutual rights and obligations between the employer and the employee should be clarified at the beginning of the relationship. In addition to that amendments of existing employment contracts should be examined for their legal practicability also as planed termination agreements or terminations.

I prepare and amend for you:

• Employment contracts and contracts of limited duration
• Contracts with commercial agents
  
• Agreements with managing directors (=Geschäftsführer)
  
• Advise about managing directors` (=Geschäftsführer) liability
  
• Freelance agreements
  
• Termination agreements

Anyway, daily co-operation with employees in connection with cogent law between employers and employees requires permanent legal advise regarding the labour law. That is why my legal services include also advise in following, exemplarily enumerated topics:

• Act on hours of work (incl. necessary breaks, overwork…)
  
• Maternity protection
  
• Parental leave
  
• Protection of minors in employment
  
• Holiday entitlement
  
• Continuation of wage payments in case of illness
  
• Continuation of wage payments in case of non-working days
  
• Principal of equal treatment
  
• So called "betriebliche Übung"
  
• Non-competition clause
  
• Employer`s liability
  
• Personal dossiers
  
• Protection against unfair dismissal
  
• References from one`s employer

……..… to stress out only some of the important points.

Of course, I represent my clients also at court.