Termination, severance pay, limited-term contracts, vacation entitlement, parental leave, etc.: We draw up or review your employment contract and successfully establish your rights before the labor court.

We represent the interests of employees against future, former and current employers: from reviewing of employment contracts when commencing to negotiating in case of termination and to successfully establishing your claims subject to termination protection action in court if necessary – and/or in labor court proceedings for claims relating to remuneration, royalties, vacation entitlement, severance pay, damage compensation or parental leave etc.

On behalf of employers, we review and draft employment contracts including provisions governing specific requirements of the company, especially considering legal statutes regulating working hours and minimum wage in particular. We also review the social insurance obligations arising from employment relationships and prepare warnings, transfers and works council hearings. Subsequent to careful review and preparation, we draw up concepts for headcount reductions and we also accompany, if necessary, their implementation in court proceedings. During company transactions, we particularly carry out the due diligence procedure under labor law and the labor law risk analysis for sale or purchase negotiations as well as drafting of labor law elements in transaction contracts. However, in the situation reverse, we also accompany our clients during the build-up of their operating activities and counsel them especially with regard to all questions of personnel recruitment, reorganization, and the expansion and creation of departments and matrix organizations.

We especially provide solid labor law knowledge of specific branches in the areas of real estate and financial services, rescue services, nursing and social services, the construction industry, the automotive industry, the film and advertising industry and manufacturing.