Labour and Employment Law

Within the framework of an employment-based relationship, complicated legal questions can arise as easily for the employer as for the employed:

Prior to entering into an employment contract, it is important for the employer to consider the following:

• The advertised position and selection process
• The specifics of the work arrangement(s)
• Details regarding the employment contract
• Handling confrontations due to poor employee performance

• Personal presentation with application materials and in the personal interview
• The 'right to lie' during the interview process
• Details regarding format and content of the employment contract

Following the start of the employment contract, the majority of issues concern the following:

• The appropriate compensation
• Later changes to employment conditions
• Disciplining employees
• Having to cooperate with workers' representatives

Upon termination of employment, specific questions arise for the employer:

• If a specific employee can indeed be terminated
• What is to be considered both formally and circumstantially as regards the termination

• How and when termination of employement is valid
• How to protect oneself against termination

Our specialist attorney in Labor Law (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht) is Michael Loewer.